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RNS Number : 5724Q
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
18 June 2015
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
(a) 
Name of exempt principal trader: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
BG Group PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
17/06/2015
(e) 
In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
YES 
If YES, specify which: 

(Royal Dutch Shell PLC) 
2.
DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
(a)
Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/
sales 
Total number of securities
Highest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Lowest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Purchase
3,341,463
10.935 GBP
10.79 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
3,316,860
10.935 GBP
10.81 GBP
(b)
Cash-settled derivative transactions 
Class of 
relevant security 
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a 
long/short position, increasing/reducing a 
long/short position 
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
411
10.816 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
945,724
10.863 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
945,724
10.862 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,852
10.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,823
10.841 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
454
10.864 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
390
10.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
713
10.857 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
340
10.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
782
10.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
340
10.836 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
4,031
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4,031
10.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
25,297
10.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
6,021
10.857 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,011
10.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
998
10.849 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
6,643
10.855 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2
10.86 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
26718
10.866 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
16055
10.868 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
10940
10.86 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
7742
10.866 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
748
10.853 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
748
10.854 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
10940
10.858 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
23797
10.864 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
26718
10.86 GBP
(c)
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class 
of
relevant security 
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number 
of
securities to which option relates 
Exercise 
price
per unit 
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(d)
Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.
OTHER INFORMATION
(a)
Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal 
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
None
(b)
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) The voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure:
18/06/2015
Contact name:
Stacy Otieno
Telephone number:
0207 995 1335
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information
Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 


FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
(a) 
Name of exempt principal trader: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
17/06/2015
(e) 
In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
YES 
If YES, specify which: 

(BG Group PLC) 
2.
DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
(a)
Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/
sales 
Total number of securities
Highest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Lowest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
12
26.3 EUR
26.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
1,254,979
18.87 GBP
18.73 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,273,759
18.85 GBP
18.71 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
676,471
26 EUR
25.7 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
957,570
18.57 GBP
18.41 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
641,333
25.99 EUR
24.8 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,083,481
18.57 GBP
18.41 GBP
ADR - ISIN 
US7802592060
Sale
7,860
58.49 USD
58.31 USD
(b)
Cash-settled derivative transactions 


Class of 
relevant security 
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a 
long/short position, increasing/reducing a 
long/short position 
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
17,635
18.527 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,556
25.911 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
47
25.837 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
678,841
18.488 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
949
18.538 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,041
18.475 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,169
18.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
580
18.471 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,457
18.5 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
567
18.458 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
144
25.814 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
524,009
25.866 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,370
18.509 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
659
18.508 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,830
18.485 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
13,665
25.857 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
219
18.447 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
678,841
18.487 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
290
18.487 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
521
25.809 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
438
18.486 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
6,278
25.902 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,206
25.899 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
676
25.907 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
897
25.852 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
66,624
18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
949
18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,342
18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
893
18.49 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
165
18.49 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
524,009
25.866 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
574
25.866 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
170
18.52 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
205
18.535 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
659
18.535 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
5,165
18.492 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
47
18.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
150,000
18.717 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
113
18.781 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
643,960
18.781 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
298
18.734 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
22
18.734 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
569
18.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,148
18.762 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
7,381
18.792 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
5,694
18.799 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
4,550
18.792 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,031
18.773 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
12
26.297 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
150,000
18.873 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
647,999
18.778 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
108
18.781 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
298
18.765 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
83
18.765 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
8,130
18.735 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
15,702
18.801 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
104
18.822 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,474
18.791 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,541
18.791 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
946
18.791 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
207
18.787 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
329
18.787 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,612
18.787 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
4,550
18.788 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
13,075
18.778 GBP
(c)
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class 
of
relevant security 
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number 
of
securities to which option relates 
Exercise 
price
per unit 
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(d)
Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.
OTHER INFORMATION
(a)
Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal 
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
None
(b)
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) The voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure:
18/06/2015
Contact name:
Stacy Otieno
Telephone number:
0207 995 1335
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information
Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 

This information is provided by RNS
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