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RNS Number : 7850T
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
22 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: 
21/07/2015
(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
697,333
18.51 GBP
18.34 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
615,227
18.52 GBP
18.29 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,079,465
18.36 GBP
18.17 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
852,265
26.32 EUR
26.08 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,108,985
18.37 GBP
18.12 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
803,443
26.32 EUR
26.08 EUR

(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
1,823
26.163 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
213,767
26.209 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,141
26.141 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,244
26.166 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
738
26.202 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
346
26.192 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
301
26.202 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
143
26.202 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
99
26.192 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
29,320
26.187 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
25,680
26.187 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,916
18.246 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
436
18.15 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,670
18.347 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
500
18.335 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
502,141
18.264 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
68
18.264 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13,846
18.274 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,686
18.295 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
301
18.295 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
1,761
18.201 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
1,463
18.334 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
399
18.179 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
282
18.279 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
255
18.334 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
44,786
18.243 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,381
26.178 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
68,461
26.169 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
213,767
26.207 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,680
26.208 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1
26.157 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,498
26.157 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
8,903
26.152 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
13,138
26.159 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
46,170
26.158 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
143
26.221 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
301
26.307 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
545
26.186 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,590
26.221 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
813
18.171 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
429
18.273 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
16
18.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
500
18.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,664
18.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
501,568
18.261 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,686
18.338 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
14,147
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
526
18.181 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
565
18.341 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
816
18.341 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
61
18.356 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
111
18.239 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
195
18.356 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
204
18.239 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
221
18.362 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
255
18.362 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
339
18.239 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
375
18.231 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
6,346
18.231 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
371
18.217 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
5,552
18.492 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,339
18.479 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,888
18.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,208
18.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
890
18.437 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
335
18.437 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
79
18.379 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
19
18.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
4,094
18.358 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
191
18.358 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
59
18.358 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
347
18.332 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,600
18.491 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
54
18.47 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
311,882
18.422 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
12,866
18.422 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
6,104
18.454 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
124
18.422 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
101
18.429 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
66
18.464 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
70,000
18.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
60
18.353 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
303
18.486 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,131
18.45 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
89
18.46 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
502
18.477 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,598
18.477 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
710
18.375 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
413
18.418 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
311,882
18.418 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
6,228
18.419 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
12,866
18.423 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
168
18.371 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,000
18.391 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
483
18.397 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
671
18.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
11,559
18.386 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
67
18.536 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
224
18.536 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:
22/07/2015
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: 
21/07/2015
(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
984,844
10.815 GBP
10.7 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
881,529
10.82 GBP
10.7 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
24,613
10.769 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
2,750
10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,735
10.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
5,914
10.77 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
26,382
10.77 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
341,427
10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,603
10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
341,427
10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
14,878
10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
10,030
10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,267
10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
2,267
10.754 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
10,030
10.759 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
14,878
10.754 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
5,314
10.753 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
6,071
10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
10,697
10.756 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
42,294
10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
776
10.784 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
685
10.745 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
327
10.745 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
176
10.745 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
44
10.789 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
44
10.76 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
327
10.736 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
364
10.78 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
685
10.76 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,947
10.76 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
834
10.702 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:
22/07/2015
Contact name:
Kim Oakley
Telephone number:
0207 996 0275
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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