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RNS Number : 6472N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
19 May 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: 
18/05/2015
(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
183
27.789 EUR
27.789 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
829,030
20.475 GBP
20.035 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
183
27.8 EUR
27.755 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
981,766
20.485 GBP
20.04 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
416,208
27.825 EUR
27.35 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
645,963
20.19 GBP
19.75 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
382,698
27.825 EUR
27.35 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
679,150
20.19 GBP
19.755 GBP
ADR - ISIN US7802592060
Sale
1477
62.18 USD
62.16 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 GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
5,034
20.364 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
8,391
20.173 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
253
20.113 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
452,856
20.217 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
452,856
20.219 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,838
20.219 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
5,000
20.092 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
746
20.335 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,591
20.341 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,541
20.333 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
824
20.076 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
176
20.076 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,260
20.12 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,260
20.192 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
145
20.101 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
191
20.041 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
15
20.121 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
177
20.414 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
41
20.041 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,260
20.12 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
829
20.076 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
444
20.116 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,277
20.082 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
406
20.116 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,232
20.073 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
544
20.131 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,912
20.112 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,720
20.096 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,990
20.112 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
174
20.103 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,686
20.252 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,252
20.085 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,250
20.11 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9,393
20.072 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,152
20.026 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
25,641
27.703 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
20,110
27.619 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
110
19.818 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
63
27.479 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
546,722
19.967 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
546,722
19.966 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,416
19.967 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
57
27.47 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
293
27.683 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
57
27.683 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
246
27.683 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
58
27.683 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
358
27.683 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
358
27.73 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
246
27.695 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
58
27.51 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
391
27.414 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,345
27.44 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,754
27.422 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,037
27.444 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
760
19.9 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,249
19.9 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
502
19.975 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
760
19.975 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
366
19.796 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,212
19.796 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
484
19.846 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,009
19.9 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
351
27.661 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
561
19.815 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,600
19.982 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
19,658
19.958 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,600
19.958 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
32,119
19.958 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,770
19.835 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
125
19.836 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
234
19.971 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
187,407
27.533 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
187,407
27.53 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
750
19.805 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,120
19.841 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
750
19.841 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
200
19.985
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
108
19.985
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
108
20.015
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
200
20.08
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
10689
20.24098
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
6757
20.24098
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3802
20.19168
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
10559
20.25449
GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
10689
20.20149
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:
19/05/2015
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: 
18/05/2015
(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
972,716
11.815 GBP
11.61 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
803,457
11.82 GBP
11.615 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
157,295
11.712 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
157,295
11.712 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,366
11.712 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
10,000
11.618 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3,267
11.798 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
32,676
11.635 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
374
11.761 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
431
11.644 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,315
11.676 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
312
11.777 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
515
11.676 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
218
11.69 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
4,777
11.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,357
11.676 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
201
11.69 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
626
11.777 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
515
11.651 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4,902
11.64 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4,766
11.649 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
13,525
11.786 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
31,813
11.652 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,641
11.719 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1,464
11.652 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
32069
11.72376
GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
10958
11.71597
GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
8950
11.71597
GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
8950
11.73701
GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
43027
11.71508
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:
19/05/2015
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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