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RNS Number : 0041T
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
14 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: 
13/07/2015
(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
686,360
18.77 GBP
18.31 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
637,059
18.77 GBP
18.29GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
12
25.92 EUR
25.92 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
775,373
18.44 GBP
18.09 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
479,618
25.75 EUR
25.5 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
627,005
18.44 GBP
18.09 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
483,822
25.7 EUR
24.94 EUR
ADR - US7802592060
Sale
20,221
56.82 USD
56.36 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
64
25.661 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,176
25.66 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
471
25.66 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
451
25.695 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
17
25.695 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
226,759
25.627 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,439
25.627 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,437
25.627 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
308
25.562 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
285
25.554 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
87
25.562 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,793
25.63 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
923
25.63 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
468
25.63 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
422
25.489 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
66
25.63 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,000
25.692 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
117
18.186 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,247
18.44 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13
18.44 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
507,036
18.199 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
17,787
18.196 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,387
18.206 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,220
18.196 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,687
18.268 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,579
18.268 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
258
18.268 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
444
18.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
405
18.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
983
18.297 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1
25.642 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
226,759
25.624 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
468
25.678 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
923
25.558 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,356
25.635 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
10
25.503 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,490
25.503 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
246
18.177 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3
18.144 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,000
18.145 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,247
18.144 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
337
18.252 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
507,036
18.194 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
5,607
18.222 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
17,787
18.183 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,579
18.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
199
18.221 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
200
18.146 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
209
18.221 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
27,636
18.212 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
49
18.182 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
12
25.913 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
15,000
18.679 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,979
18.488 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
651
18.488 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
127
18.488 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,560
18.77 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
414,817
18.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
13,119
18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
4,539
18.466 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
390
18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,504
18.396 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
396
18.429 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
326
18.396 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
175
18.396 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
17
18.379 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
314
18.458 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
299
18.458 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
23
18.458 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
213
18.398 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
18
18.398 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
23,628
18.341 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
6,777
18.286 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
483
18.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
9,038
18.344 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
11,658
18.396 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2
18.362 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,548
18.362 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
414,817
18.439 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
4,929
18.456 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
13,119
18.459 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
4,434
18.641 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
391
18.591 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:
14/07/2015
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: 
13/07/2015
(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
1,072,955
10.915 GBP
10.685 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
839,487
10.94 GBP
10.69 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
53,022
10.767 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,784
10.843 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
14,481
10.71 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
303,672
10.805 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
895
10.805 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
303,672
10.804 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
17,331
10.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
6,125
10.797 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,325
10.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
8,450
10.799 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
17,331
10.815 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
437
10.906 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
411
10.906 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
290
10.906 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
573
10.848 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
429
10.784 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
210
10.848 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
124
10.84 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
201
10.768 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
210
10.84 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
221
10.768 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
352
10.816 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
429
10.768 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,137
10.785 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:
14/07/2015
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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