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    REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch Royal Dutch Shell BG Group - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    15/07/2015 19:05
    RNS Number : 0674O
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    22 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
    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: 
    21/05/2015
    (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
    404,379
    11.73 GBP
    11.6 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    343,910
    11.73 GBP
    11.6 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
    133
    11.667 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    128,122
    11.682 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    128,122
    11.677 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    5,000
    11.712 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    8,965
    11.665 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    479
    11.65 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    479
    11.694 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,079
    11.694 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,971
    11.693 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    409
    11.689 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    80
    11.694 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    19,087
    11.666 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    12,920
    11.686 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    100
    11.688 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    749
    11.72 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    753
    11.669 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    843
    11.669 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,890
    11.669 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2390
    11.68073
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    256
    11.71 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    256
    11.715 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2390
    11.68123
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    42,435
    11.67844
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    29,975
    11.67677
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    17,603
    11.67469
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    24,832
    11.67265
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    29,975
    11.675 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:
    22/05/2015
    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
    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: 
    21/05/2015
    (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
    11
    28.58 EUR
    28.58 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    607,899
    20.28 GBP
    20.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    470,634
    20.28 GBP
    20.11 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    835,980
    28.14 EUR
    27.74 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    611,881
    19.95 GBP
    19.76 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    5,453,633
    28.145 EUR
    27.67 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    557,604
    19.95 GBP
    19.765 GBP
    ADR - ISIN US7802592060
    Sale
    2,882
    62.295 USD
    62.23 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
    4,462
    20.193 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,340
    20.189 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    11
    28.582 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    77
    20.207 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    125,000
    20.215 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    290,951
    20.196 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    290,951
    20.199 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    9,000
    20.267 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    213
    20.171 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    93
    20.179 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,144
    20.216 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,717
    20.257 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    17,555
    20.181 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,217
    20.195 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,512
    20.195 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    19,828
    19.83 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,153
    19.862 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,839
    27.813 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,183
    27.825 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    49
    19.853 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    92
    28.016 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    545,329
    19.855 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    544,557
    19.856 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    52
    27.85 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    204
    27.85 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    256
    27.79 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    980
    27.931 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    84
    27.931 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    390
    28.096 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    836
    27.977 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    424
    19.784 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    78
    19.914 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    806
    19.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    11,068
    27.926 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    200,000
    27.895 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    600
    19.861 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    206
    19.861 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    423
    19.861 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    806
    19.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    94
    19.861 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,677
    19.861 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,121
    19.855 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,118
    19.884 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    818
    19.804 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    163
    19.912 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    163
    19.907 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    327
    19.822 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    100
    19.855 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    66
    27.941 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    332
    19.873 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    92
    19.873 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    478
    19.834 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,099
    19.873 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    155,746
    27.931 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    155,746
    27.936 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,597
    19.887 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,233
    19.887 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,240
    19.897 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    13147
    20.19812
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    3041
    20.1997
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1160
    20.17338
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3041
    20.17338
    GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    11987
    20.1964
    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 
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Futures
    Writing 
    250,000
    0 
    (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:
    22/05/2015
    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. 

    This information is provided by RNS
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
      END
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