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RNS Number : 7585S
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
10 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: 
09/07/2015
(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
829,149
18.33 GBP
18.04 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
942,251
18.37 GBP
18.04 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,465,166
18.16 GBP
17.88 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
397,705
25.4 EUR
25.02 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,332,759
18.13 GBP
17.86 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
390,553
25.4 EUR
25 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
35,881
25.182 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
19,017
25.182 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,456
25.182 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,314
25.182 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
67
25.331 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
191,928
25.214 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,154
25.235 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,897
25.235 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
910
17.997 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
417
17.985 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9
17.985 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,885
17.912 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
903,646
18.019 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
168
18.019 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9,983
18.04 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,357
17.998 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
349
18.04 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,793
18.044 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
452
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
359
18.064 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
113
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
79
18.069 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
40
17.919 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,391
18.098 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
29,434
17.987 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
55,286
25.193 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1
25.244 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
398
25.333 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,139
25.324 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,187
25.333 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,434
25.043 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
191,928
25.211 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
473
25.367 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
599
25.346 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,897
25.34 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,040
25.34 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
372
25.038 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
223
25.356 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
287
25.356 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
2,656
18.025 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
230
18.041 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
117
18.033 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
150
18.033 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,479
18.033 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,340
18.015 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
903,646
18.016 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4,706
18.007 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
9,983
18.034 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,391
17.998 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
12,997
17.998 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
25,457
17.998 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
16,383
18.229 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
4,854
18.144 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,864
18.248 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
114,500
18.24 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
20,500
18.368 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,500
18.24 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,662
18.242 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,538
18.242 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
710
18.205 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
561,618
18.204 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,855
18.204 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
4,550
18.191 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
3,812
18.127 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,821
18.191 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,119
18.249 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
416
18.214 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
229
18.248 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
6,759
18.292 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
22,270
18.182 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
898
18.236 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,663
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,624
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
3,625
18.266 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2
18.246 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,538
18.246 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
561,618
18.201 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,821
18.229 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
8,362
18.173 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Futures
Long
16,250
25.14 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Futures
Short
16,250
24.75 EUR



(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:
10/07/2015
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: 
09/07/2015
(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
1,086,634
10.7 GBP
10.525 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
744,709
10.705 GBP
10.525 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
437
10.571 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4,757
10.582 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,253
10.582 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3,313
10.593 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
583
10.593 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
21,054
10.593 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
321
10.593 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
321
10.593 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
534
10.596 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
413,719
10.612 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
413,719
10.614 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
961
10.619 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
151
10.62 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
102,146
10.633 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
22,854
10.633 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
66,084
10.634 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
7,500
10.645 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
12,921
10.651 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
1,170
10.659 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
137
10.659 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
36,627
10.66 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
50,000
10.663 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15,281
10.675 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
26,551
10.68 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
17,017
10.59
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15,793
10.59
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
8,877
10.59
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
15,793
10.60
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
25,894
10.59
(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:
10/07/2015
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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