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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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    16/07/2015 13:52
    RNS Number : 0142S
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    02 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: 
    01/07/2015
    (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
    1,057,209
    10.74 GBP
    10.6 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,183,111
    10.745 GBP
    10.62 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
    Swap
    Long
    74365
    10.658 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    5413
    10.684 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    4480
    10.657 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    3845
    10.639 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    2613
    10.647 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    1568
    10.722 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    17919
    10.596 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    722
    10.653 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    723
    10.664 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    20394
    10.635 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    13845
    10.635 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    6540
    10.661 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    4639
    10.669 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    1295
    10.657 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    7126
    10.6 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    769774
    10.663 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    1147
    10.663 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    769774
    10.662 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    24995
    10.656 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    23265
    10.656 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    20308
    10.672 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    24995
    10.656 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    43573
    10.654 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    5749
    10.68 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    10623
    10.664 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    46904
    10.672 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    5705
    10.683 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    1044
    10.685 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    431
    10.684 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    347
    10.683 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    331
    10.683 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    86
    10.683 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    331
    10.67 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    347
    10.676 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Short
    7657
    10.668 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    375
    10.634 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swap
    Long
    200
    10.629 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:
    02/07/2015
    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: 
    01/07/2015
    (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
    1,207,117
    18.42 GBP
    18.16 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    1,272,371
    18.44 GBP
    18.17 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    1
    25.67 USD
    25.67 USD
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,376,253
    18.23 GBP
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    876,117
    25.72 EUR
    25.5 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,491,315
    18.25 GBP
    17.96 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    935,763
    25.77 EUR
    24.8 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
    Swap
    Long
    474
    25.545 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    293
    25.545 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    283
    25.545 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    12,001
    25.687 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1,808
    25.683 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    659
    25.573 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    64,790
    25.683 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    48
    25.606 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    644,988
    25.639 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    732
    25.639 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    9,355
    25.62 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1,719
    25.62 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    10,330
    18.098 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    6,104
    18.098 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    4,976
    18.098 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    994
    18.098 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    2,957
    18.11 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    3
    18.11 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1,068,050
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    14,477
    18.118 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    1,301
    18.179 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    6,410
    18.016 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    2,210
    18.029 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    9,072
    18.072 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Long
    89
    18.033 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    30,708
    25.563 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    922
    25.664 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    644,988
    25.639 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    238
    25.612 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9,355
    25.612 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    785
    25.676 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,717
    25.627 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    10
    25.713 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,490
    25.713 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    343
    18.113 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3
    18.125 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    227
    18.125 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,730
    18.122 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,446
    18.104 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,068,050
    18.104 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,301
    18.105 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    5,117
    18.089 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9,360
    18.105 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    433
    18.211 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    1,951
    18.211 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    100
    18.025 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1
    25.668 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    100,000
    18.173 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    8,259
    18.266 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4,583
    18.295 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4,271
    18.301 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    3,531
    18.266 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1,000
    18.295 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    642
    18.204 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    247
    18.204 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    808
    18.197 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    79
    18.197 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    750
    18.197 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    12,320
    18.192 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    9,879
    18.184 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    322
    18.324 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    800
    18.178 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,060
    18.325 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    628,612
    18.277 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    999
    18.277 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    12,371
    18.271 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,864
    18.242 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,835
    18.271 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    776
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    483
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    297
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1,258
    18.295 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    1,015
    18.334 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    284
    18.379 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    13
    18.195 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    100,000
    18.388 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    692
    18.262 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1,804
    18.262 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    4
    18.285 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    366
    18.285 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1,686
    18.265 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    628,612
    18.275 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    5,699
    18.29 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    12,371
    18.251 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    282
    18.341 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    324
    18.406 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1,258
    18.295 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:
    02/07/2015
    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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