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RNS Number : 8709S
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
13 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
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: 
10/07/2015
(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
1,708,869
18.63 GBP
18.4 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,835,389
18.62 GBP
18.37GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
12
25.81 EUR
25.81 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
866,528
18.39 GBP
18.11 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,154,187
25.61 EUR
25.24 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
953,706
18.38 GBP
18.12 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
3,127,270
25.6 EUR
25.23 EUR
ADR - US7802592060
Sale
55,000
56.88 USD
56.55 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
2,947
25.472 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8
25.526 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
231,038
25.442 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,617
25.49 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,074
25.465 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
921
25.465 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
287
25.498 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
79
25.498 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,500
25.587 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
291
25.487 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
223
18.299 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
7
18.299 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
546
18.248 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
117
18.248 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
624,758
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,723
18.297 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,552
18.281 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
460
18.297 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
785
18.375 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
310
18.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4
18.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
12,997
18.3 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
12,131
18.3 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
539
25.478 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
782
25.435 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,224
25.418 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
14,479
25.425 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
231,038
25.439 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,617
25.462 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,154
25.462 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,439
25.462 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
308
25.527 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
79
25.457 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
488
25.439 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
921
25.457 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,074
25.439 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
10
25.433 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,490
25.433 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
35,007
25.548 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
291
25.506 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
9,380
25.506 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
168
18.263 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
624,758
18.263 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4,012
18.294 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
5,723
18.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
675
18.26 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,793
18.26 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,687
18.26 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4
18.256 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
196
18.256 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
380
18.126 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
14,233
18.263 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
12
25.808 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
9,312
18.452 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,709
18.452 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,379
18.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,646
18.518 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
4,760
18.503 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,912
18.501 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2
18.501 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
286
18.545 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
484,533
18.519 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
9,022
18.545 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
5,474
18.531 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,543
18.531 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
413
18.554 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
84
18.499 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
74
18.499 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
15,961
18.543 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,429
18.551 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
127
18.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,912
18.485 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
4,758
18.485 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,855
18.515 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
484,533
18.515 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
5,474
18.569 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
11,565
18.54 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,504
18.486 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:
13/07/2015
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
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: 
10/07/2015
(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
6,610,535
10.91 GBP
10.74 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
6,766,395
10.91 GBP
10.75 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
Long
15,186
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
8,834
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,920
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,786
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,211
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,061
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
830
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
34,865
10.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,171
10.832 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,038
10.864 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,253
10.864 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
540,532
10.843 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
540,532
10.84 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
25,208
10.827 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
24,781
10.848 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,032
10.827 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
25,208
10.819 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
26,813
10.844 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
411
10.791 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3,821
10.838 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,645
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
972
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
534
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
321
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
302
10.847 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
185
10.824 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
124
10.838 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
15
10.824 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15
10.837 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
185
10.821 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
972
10.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,645
10.837 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
3,821
10.821 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
21,417
10.787 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:
13/07/2015
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. 

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