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17/07/2015 12:20

RNS Number : 3971T
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
17 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: 
16/07/2015
(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
1,012,369
10.78 GBP
10.695 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
1,122,822
10.78 GBP
10.695 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
2,718
10.746 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
666
10.759 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
266,397
10.739 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
565
10.737 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
266,397
10.737 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
19,952
10.746 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
16,320
10.748 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
6,784
10.746 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
19,952
10.736 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
23,104
10.737 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
672
10.738 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
366
10.764 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
201
10.764 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
178
10.764 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
91
10.754 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
360
10.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
411
10.751 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
765
10.738 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,040
10.749 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:
17/07/2015
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: 
16/07/2015
(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
541,856
18.57 GBP
18.42 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
602,598
18.56 GBP
18.36 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
12
26.61 EUR
26.61 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
680,633
18.35 GBP
18.22 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
341,654
26.36 EUR
26.11 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
803,616
18.38 GBP
18.19 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
419,177
26.38 EUR
26.12 EUR
ADR - US7802592060
Sale
30,000
57.3 USD
57.16 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
431
26.365 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
218
26.365 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
22,341
26.369 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,067
26.379 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
166,832
26.27 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,348
26.264 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,765
26.309 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
864
26.309 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
353
26.309 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,500
26.227 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,519
18.356 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1
18.356 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,143
18.154 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
139
18.29 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,995
18.352 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,865
18.352 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
553,222
18.286 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
15,504
18.275 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
6,083
18.269 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,876
18.269 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
411
18.239 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
17,616
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
14,504
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8,331
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
986
26.339 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,402
26.35 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4,067
26.35 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
166,832
26.269 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
640
26.284 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
814
26.284 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
981
26.284 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,204
26.284 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,348
26.284 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
353
26.25 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
356
26.25 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,765
26.268 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,520
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,373
18.32 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,995
18.354 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
6,425
18.354 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
553,222
18.283 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
6,083
18.262 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
18,380
18.276 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
553
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
615
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
17,616
18.26 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
64
18.357 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
12
26.608 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
686
18.515 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,212
18.511 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,251
18.479 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
350
18.479 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,680
18.55 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
264,355
18.49 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
5,759
18.484 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,258
18.484 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,815
18.487 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
158
18.434 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
16
18.434 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
562
18.481 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,019
18.557 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,679
18.556 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
10
18.555 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,670
18.555 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
264,355
18.487 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,258
18.458 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
8,574
18.471 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
150
18.481 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
158
18.481 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
ADR - ISIN US7802592060
Put Option
Purchasing
100,000
57.5 USD
American
17/07/2015
0.3 USD


(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:
17/07/2015
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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