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Bank of America Merrill Lynch
21 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 Royal Dutch Shell PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 20/07/2015
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the YES
exempt principal trader making disclosures in If YES, specify which:
respect of any other party to this offer? (BG Group PLC)
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
(c)
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected:
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
20/07/2015
(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/ Total number of securities Highest price Lowest price
sales per unit per unit
paid/received paid/received
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Purchase 464,455 18.55 GBP 18.29 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Sale 506,582 18.5 GBP 18.33 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Purchase 667,425 18.35 GBP 18.13 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Purchase 832,874 26.44 EUR 26.06 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Sale 672,476 18.31 GBP 18.1 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Sale 975,584 26.41 EUR 26.05 EUR
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
relevant security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a
long/short position, increasing/reducing a
long/short position
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 3,761 26.189 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 195,452 26.233 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 416 26.099 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 356 26.199 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 2,500 26.087 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 50,000 26.25 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 1,480 18.197 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 646 18.247 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 4,696 18.182 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 500 18.182 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 4 18.182 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 519,820 18.213 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 12,467 18.242 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 2,650 18.18 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 2,200 18.242 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 1,582 18.264 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 384 18.154 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 339 18.169 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 111 18.154 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swaps Long 18,001 18.276 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 27,873 26.211 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 32 26.289 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 8,660 26.195 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 195,452 26.23 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 5,059 26.262 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 8 26.222 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 17 26.222 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 356 26.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 399 26.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 738 26.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 3,625 18.178 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 128 18.108 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 130 18.108 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 500 18.3 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 4,680 18.231 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 4,074 18.211 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 519,888 18.211 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 2,200 18.222 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 15,117 18.239 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 967 18.162 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 2,141 18.162 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 50 18.091 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 103 18.146 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 151 18.135 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 284 18.146 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 384 18.135 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 472 18.142 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 10,249 18.142 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29 Swap Short 61 18.192 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 8,124 18.367 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 7,326 18.377 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 4,681 18.367 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 3,575 18.377 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 3,349 18.379 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 8,567 18.372 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 837 18.374 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 3,797 18.413 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 2,548 18.413 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 4,921 18.38 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 9 18.38 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 1,086 18.485 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 312,360 18.4 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 6,350 18.41 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 3,513 18.471 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 15 18.41 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 4,692 18.467 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 383 18.331 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 167 18.331 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 67 18.331 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Long 9 18.371 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 4,094 18.371 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 1,007 18.381 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 352 18.298 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 4,330 18.416 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 634 18.397 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 312,360 18.397 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 3,528 18.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 6,350 18.436 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408 Swap Short 3,219 18.41 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number Exercise Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
of of price e.g. American, European etc.
relevant security securities to which option relates 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 Exercising/ Number of Exercise Price per
e.g. call option exercised securities unit
against
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 Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 21/07/2015
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 BG Group PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 20/07/2015
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the YES If YES, specify which:
exempt principal trader making disclosures in (Royal Dutch Shell PLC)
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
20/07/2015
(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/ Total number of securities Highest price Lowest price
sales per unit per unit
paid/received paid/received
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Purchase 427,583 10.835 GBP 10.715 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Sale 642,293 10.835 GBP 10.725 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
relevant security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a
long/short position, increasing/reducing a
long/short position
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 12,921 10.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 8,729 10.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 774 10.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 2,483 10.786 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 3,353 10.731 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 46 10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 456 10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 1,130 10.758 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 26,382 10.8 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 16,945 10.8 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 1,464 10.806 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 282,344 10.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 1,603 10.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 930 10.774 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 282,344 10.773 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 17,649 10.77 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 9,866 10.781 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 1,060 10.781 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 9,866 10.772 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 18,709 10.766 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 1,930 10.756 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 1,376 10.756 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 535 10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 294 10.73 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 284 10.756 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Long 256 10.757 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 284 10.756 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 417 10.761 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 432 10.786 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 535 10.785 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Swaps Short 1,513 10.785 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number Exercise Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
of of price e.g. American, European etc.
relevant security securities to which option relates 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 Exercising/ Number of Exercise Price per
e.g. call option exercised securities unit
against
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 Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 21/07/2015
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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