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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 13:39
    RNS Number : 8628R
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    01 July 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: 
    30/06/2015
    (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
    1,572,434
    10.72 GBP
    10.595 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,465,379
    10.72 GBP
    10.595 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
    705
    10.599 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    45360
    10.695 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1511
    10.658 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    545
    10.658 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1267
    10.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3970
    10.595 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1852
    10.595 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    51
    10.595 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1068530
    10.666 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1211
    10.666 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1069677
    10.664 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    16110
    10.663 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    16030
    10.67 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14123
    10.67 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    14123
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    32140
    10.67 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1418
    10.675 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2672
    10.679 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3289
    10.684 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    16961
    10.682 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4473
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3183
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1032
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1005
    10.655 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    760
    10.655 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    200
    10.679 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    119
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    425
    10.651 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    633
    10.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1032
    10.672 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1561
    10.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2125
    10.669 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4473
    10.66 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    296
    10.594 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    82
    10.594 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    14160
    10.664 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    200
    10.622 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    54000
    10.663 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:
    01/07/2015
    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: 
    30/06/2015
    (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
    Sale
    1,815,260
    18.4 GBP
    18.063 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    1,712,303
    18.405 GBP
    18.07 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,838,949
    18.22 GBP
    17.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,365,975
    25.7 EUR
    25.37 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,883,918
    18.22 GBP
    17.892 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,255,453
    25.695 EUR
    25.37 EUR
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Purchase
    51,904
    57.03 USD
    56.99 USD
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Purchase
    63,000
    56.6 USD
    56.6 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
    Swap
    Short
    1163
    25.42 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    68870
    25.5 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    47750
    25.53 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    67
    25.58 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1174
    25.55 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    982125
    25.53 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    736
    25.52 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    982857
    25.52 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    5200
    25.52 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    3591
    25.47 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    238
    25.47 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3591
    25.51 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    5200
    25.51 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9034
    25.51 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    647
    25.52 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3829
    25.47 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    5104
    25.53 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    7398
    25.53 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    11033
    25.52 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    373
    17.94 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    44134
    18.07 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    12205
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    836
    18.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    25000
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    361
    18.03 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    104
    18.09 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    408
    18.09 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1067
    18.22 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    3
    18.22 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1067
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1481170
    18.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    3180
    18.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1446
    18.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1481170
    18.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    8091
    18.08 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1850
    18.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1658
    18.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1658
    18.03 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9941
    18.05 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    3448
    18.12 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    77
    18.01 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    12768
    18.14 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    706
    18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    574
    18.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    344
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    312
    18.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    312
    18.05 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    434
    18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    450
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    946
    17.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1668
    18.05 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    38912
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1284
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    17201
    18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    100
    17.94 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    150000
    18.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1425
    18.14 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    154
    18.19 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    87
    18.19 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    18
    18.19 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1321
    18.19 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    6023
    18.18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    10575
    18.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    43640
    18.27 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    533
    18.27 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    64
    18.27 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    70
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2574
    18.29 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    62
    18.29 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1433
    18.29 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    3544
    18.22 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    480
    18.22 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    6
    18.22 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    3540
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1023149
    18.25 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    114
    18.25 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1024148
    18.25 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    11482
    18.28 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4866
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4765
    18.28 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    4765
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    16348
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4465
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    150
    18.39 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    100
    18.37 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    17
    18.39 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    17
    18.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    100
    18.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    8778
    18.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    671
    18.16 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    509
    18.27 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1147
    18.23 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    2159
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    4465
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    24051
    18.15 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:
    01/07/2015
    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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