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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 14:24
    RNS Number : 3925S
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    07 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: 
    06/07/2015
    (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
    593,579
    18.16 GBP
    18.01 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    589,406
    18.16 GBP
    18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    774,976
    17.99 GBP
    17.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    373,571
    25.48 EUR
    25.3 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    741,140
    18.02 GBP
    17.84 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    359,591
    25.49 EUR
    25.29 EUR
    ADR - ISIN US7802592060
    Purchase
    40,000
    55.81 USD
    55.8 USD
    ADR - ISIN US7802592060
    Sale
    15,000
    56.23 USD
    56.23 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 GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    75,110
    25.382 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    166,195
    25.364 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,489
    17.963 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,367
    17.963 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,145
    17.963 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,000
    17.847 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    358
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    139
    17.956 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,665
    17.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    520,248
    17.934 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    9,623
    17.952 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,015
    17.921 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,950
    17.888 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    500
    17.939 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    497
    17.899 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    126
    17.964 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    79
    17.964 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,465
    17.943 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    240
    17.878 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,199
    25.368 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    22,441
    25.383 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    70
    25.314 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    166,195
    25.363 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    210
    25.383 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,467
    17.921 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    6
    17.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,664
    17.88 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    520,248
    17.932 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    455
    17.93 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,015
    17.93 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    9,168
    17.933 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    2,908
    17.963 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    389
    17.931 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    3,465
    17.918 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    6,208
    17.918 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swap
    Short
    29,643
    17.918 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,924
    18.027 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    574
    18.071 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    291,174
    18.078 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    891
    18.078 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    11,541
    18.081 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    5,420
    18.081 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    4,279
    18.092 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    2,233
    18.041 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    162
    18.074 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    56
    18.041 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    312
    18.065 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    176
    18.065 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    100
    18.065 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    27
    18.109 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Long
    107
    18.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    6,604
    18.066 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    16
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    60
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    96
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    374
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    915
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    3,539
    18.106 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    1,888
    18.007 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    62
    18.053 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    40
    18.035 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    291,174
    18.077 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    9,699
    18.071 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    11,541
    18.09 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    312
    18.056 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    435
    18.035 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swap
    Short
    19
    18.058 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:
    07/07/2015
    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: 
    06/07/2015
    (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
    839,289
    10.64 GBP
    10.61 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    854,357
    10.68 GBP
    10.59 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
    (GBP)
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    609
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    7,780
    10.61
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    363,529
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    362,779
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    24,203
    10.63
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    17,094
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,319
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    14,775
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    24,203
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,631
    10.63
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,819
    10.63
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,026
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    853
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    588
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    424
    10.59
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    101
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    101
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    737
    10.61
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    853
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,026
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,855
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,243
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,894
    10.62
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    176
    10.61
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    12
    10.61
    (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:
    07/07/2015
    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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