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    REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    16/07/2015 12:01
    RNS Number : 8284Q
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    22 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: 
    19/06/2015
    (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
    1,657,648
    10.91 GBP
    10.71 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,453,657
    12 GBP
    10.72 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
    716,766
    10.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    712,951
    10.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,260
    10.842 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    225
    10.859 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    318
    10.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    318
    10.845 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    112
    10.859 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    711
    10.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,260
    10.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    412
    10.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    823
    10.799 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    457
    10.804 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    412
    10.841 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,815
    10.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    81,467
    10.771 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,787
    10.876 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    8,834
    10.791 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    14,632
    10.887 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    5,469
    10.846 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    10,784
    10.834 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    10,073
    10.834 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    7,663
    10.771 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    7,662
    10.862 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,388
    10.876 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14,245
    10.834 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    30,714
    10.87 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2
    10.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,361
    10.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    11,720
    10.852 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    23,310
    10.847 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14,366
    10.863 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11,720
    10.863 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    8,944
    10.838 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
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Put Option
    Writing 
    250,000
    10.5 GBP
    American
    17/07/2015
    0.11 GBP
    (ii)
    Exercise
    Class of relevant security
    Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Put Option
    Exercising
    200,000
    12 GBP
    (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:
    22/06/2015
    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: 
    19/06/2015
    (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 GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    2,691,075
    18.605 GBP
    25.68 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    2,886,072
    20 GBP
    25.695 EUR
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Sale
    3,237
    58.67 USD
    58.62 USD
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    999,336
    18.9 GBP
    18.525 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    793,472
    18.9 GBP
    18.54 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 GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,400
    25.932 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,965
    25.932 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,909
    25.966 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    342
    25.776 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,742
    25.932 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    58
    25.776 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    800
    25.772 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,909
    25.932 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    878
    18.51 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,750
    18.468 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    269
    18.531 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    131
    18.531 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    13,727
    25.877 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,754
    25.816 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    17,470
    25.868 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    70,288
    25.873 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    18,155
    25.898 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,379
    25.814 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    14,352
    25.844 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    10,446
    25.873 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    39
    26.065 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    395
    26.065 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,305
    18.467 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,854
    18.461 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    50,384
    18.467 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,742
    18.467 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,576
    18.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    12,017
    18.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    11
    18.364 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,119
    18.506 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    17,007
    18.431 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,675
    18.495 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    58
    18.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    4,329
    18.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,120
    18.437 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    20,597
    18.503 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    42
    18.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,575
    18.595 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    236
    26.009 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    10
    18.608 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    544,703
    25.98 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    544,571
    25.981 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    37,778
    18.527 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    328
    18.526 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    621
    26.002 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,456
    26.035 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    88
    18.437 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    57
    25.882 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    643,014
    18.481 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    644,087
    18.479 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,121
    18.479 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    104
    18.43 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,568
    18.43 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,152
    18.43 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    362
    18.43 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    455
    25.696 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    29,105
    18.846 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    100
    18.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,866
    18.752 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,312
    18.787 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    500,298
    18.787 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    500,298
    18.785 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,030
    18.785 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,185
    18.716 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    294
    18.724 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,873
    18.745 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    7,430
    18.702 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    20,299
    18.788 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,537
    18.888 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    17,762
    18.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    16,772
    18.703 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    8,555
    18.771 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    528
    18.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    97
    18.862 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    203
    18.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,239
    18.806 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,927
    18.823 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    5,041
    18.56
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    356
    18.51
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    356
    18.43
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    773
    18.43
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,268
    18.46
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    8,587
    18.75
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,445
    18.79
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    60
    18.79
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    60
    18.76
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,445
    18.74
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    8,587
    18.76
    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
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Call Option
    Purchasing 
    250,000
    28
    AMERICAN
    20151218
    0.455
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Writing 
    250,000
    23
    AMERICAN
    20151218
    0.5
    (ii)
    Exercise
    Class of relevant security
    Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/
    exercised
    against 
    Number of 
    securities 
    Exercise Price per 
    unit 
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Exercising
    99,300
    26
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Exercising
    100,000
    27
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Exercising
    50,000
    27.5
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Exercised against
    650,000
    28
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Put Option
    Exercised against
    150,000
    20
    (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:
    22/06/2015
    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
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
      END
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