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RNS Number : 6287S
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
09 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: 
08/07/2015
(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
1,251,907
18.2 GBP
17.72 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,171,713
18.2 GBP
17.8 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,162,051
18.15 GBP
17.65 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
528,606
25.24 EUR
24.76 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,609,531
18.15 GBP
17.65 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
561,346
25.32 EUR
24.86 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
Swaps
Long
3,761
25.071 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
11
25.196 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
271,011
25.087 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,920
25.078 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
121
25.078 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13
25.078 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,458
18.024 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
14,423
18.012 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
230,474
18.015 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,000
18.015 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,479
17.977 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
960
18.015 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
223
17.744 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
778,274
17.929 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
750
17.929 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,565
17.862 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,596
17.666 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
865
17.862 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,352
17.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
188
17.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
43,642
17.835 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
25,457
17.835 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
19,578
17.835 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,333
17.835 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
239
18.013 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,500
18.041 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13,084
17.934 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
115,970
17.934 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
37,878
24.892 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
103
25.239 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
271,011
25.087 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
400
25.206 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
400
25.207 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,672
25.07 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
317
25.203 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
121
24.796 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,697
25.076 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
432
18.108 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1
18.023 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
969
18.023 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
778,274
17.926 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
865
17.72 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4,161
17.803 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
677
18.121 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
43,642
17.837 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,916
18.088 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
13
18.099 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,500
18.074 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
16,274
18.124 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
15,500
18.128 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,663
17.995 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,850
17.76 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,957
17.893 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
597,733
18.018 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
558
18.018 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
12,421
17.902 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
8,681
17.902 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
5,530
17.953 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
986
18.03 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
7,488
18.03 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,701
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
877
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
352
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
272
18.129 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
272
17.969 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
84
18.189 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
49
17.874 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
231
18.123 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
22,270
18.108 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
14,369
18.128 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
512
18.163 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,346
18.163 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
8
18.109 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,372
18.109 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,850
18.109 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
942
18.13 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
597,733
18.016 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
12,421
17.903 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
14,211
17.901 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
8,474
18.03 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,160
17.821 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
314
18.176 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:
09/07/2015
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: 
08/07/2015
(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
2,078,520
10.62 GBP
10.33 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
1,994,734
10.62 GBP
10.365 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
15,231
10.503 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
2,264
10.536 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
554,108
10.54 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
2,162
10.541 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
554,108
10.541 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
639
10.551 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
5,946
10.551 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
397
10.556 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
905
10.557 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
862
10.562 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
81
10.562 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
290
10.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
397
10.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
133
10.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
120
10.565 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
6,256
10.575 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
21,648
10.575 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
46
10.58 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
6,000
10.581 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,189
10.583 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
5,703
10.585 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
439
10.59 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
50,000
10.606 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
32,761
10.54 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
25,207
10.52 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3,291
10.52 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
25,207
10.52 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
36,052
10.54 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:
09/07/2015
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. 

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