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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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    24/07/2015 12:00
    RNS Number : 0428U
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    24 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: 
    23/07/2015
    (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
    962,880
    10.585 GBP
    10.49 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    988,176
    10.655 GBP
    10.495 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
    7,418
    10.531 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    6,000
    10.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    44,000
    10.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,019
    10.542 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    7,167
    10.535 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    369,970
    10.532 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    423
    10.532 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    369,970
    10.53 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    32,838
    10.53 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    10,765
    10.535 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    10,765
    10.528 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    13,606
    10.528 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    19,232
    10.526 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    400
    10.565 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    37
    10.504 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,347
    10.542 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,137
    10.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    393
    10.569 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    392
    10.524 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    177
    10.524 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    171
    10.524 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    112
    10.537 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    177
    10.532 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    232
    10.542 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    392
    10.52 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    505
    10.532 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    905
    10.517 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,039
    10.542 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,347
    10.542 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:
    24/07/2015
    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. 


    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: 
    23/07/2015
    (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
    639,727
    18.17 GBP
    17.94 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    639,439
    18.17 GBP
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    914,418
    17.99 GBP
    17.78 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    954,845
    25.8 EUR
    25.33 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    953,056
    17.97 GBP
    17.77 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    819,901
    25.61 EUR
    25.3 EUR
    ADR - US7802592060
    Purchase
    182,500
    55.84 USD
    55.55 USD
    ADR - US7802592060
    Sale
    178,500
    55.84 USD
    55.78 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
    66
    25.293 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,392
    25.34 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    216,832
    25.444 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,322
    25.413 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    6,302
    25.48 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,218
    25.48 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    419
    25.672 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    956
    25.4 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    196
    25.604 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    7,112
    25.417 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    789
    17.849 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    410
    17.863 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,090
    17.824 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    692,593
    17.859 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    15,680
    17.86 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,622
    17.863 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,821
    17.863 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,610
    17.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    161
    17.839 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    326
    17.859 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    21,331
    17.838 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    25,000
    17.865 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    23,740
    25.438 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,392
    25.454 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9,587
    25.454 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    387
    25.475 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    741
    25.478 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    216,832
    25.442 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,400
    25.406 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,667
    25.406 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    4,684
    25.406 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    20
    25.358 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    196
    25.358 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    847
    25.358 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    408
    25.48 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    7,112
    25.48 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    621
    17.991 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    913
    17.991 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    4
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,099
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    692,593
    17.856 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,622
    17.857 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    17,501
    17.842 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    625
    17.856 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,260
    17.856 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,610
    17.856 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    326
    17.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    403
    17.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,463
    17.836 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    409
    17.886 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3,289
    17.844 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1,520
    18.164 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    7,420
    18.165 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    380,778
    17.996 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    578
    17.996 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    24,844
    17.995 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    17,926
    17.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,066
    17.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,462
    17.97 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    287
    18.049 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    398
    18.166 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    4,933
    17.981 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    6,237
    17.993 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    99
    17.947 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1,112
    17.947 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    72
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    360
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    4,320
    17.979 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    799
    17.985 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    380,778
    17.992 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    17,926
    17.974 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    26,910
    17.983 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    24
    18.046 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    305
    18.046 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    352
    17.981 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:
    24/07/2015
    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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