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RNS Number : 2434O
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
26 May 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: 
22/05/2015
(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
374,567
20.3 GBP
28.55 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
561,242
20.28 GBP
20 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,395,297
19.96 GBP
27.77 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
968,983
19.94 GBP
27.84 EUR
ADR - ISIN US7802592060
Sale
6285
61.31 USD
61.23 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
Short
499
28.075 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1942
27.86 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
804
28.143 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
52545
28.059 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
44
27.889 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1310
28.05 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1310
27.95 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
166956
27.927 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
166956
27.923 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8152
27.894 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2752
27.891 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
924
27.889 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
400
27.884 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
400
27.963 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
924
27.963 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1470
27.963 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1829
27.963 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1297
27.858 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
707
27.858 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
353
27.903 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
144
27.903 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
37
27.858 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1297
27.873 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
24474
19.753 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
623
19.792 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
630
19.695 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
584957
19.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
772
19.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
586376
19.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2607
19.892 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2607
19.851 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
4158
19.851 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
11300
19.905 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
52635
19.915 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
200
19.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
327
19.952 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
128
28.549 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
75000
20.05 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
50000
20.08 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
17555
20.105 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2079
20.026 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
5518
20.007 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
153
20.236 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
566
20.172 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
634
20.067 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3994
20.24 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
294752
20.144 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
294752
20.142 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3556
20.185 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2662
20.192 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1054
20.185 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3556
20.227 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3716
20.148 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2525
20.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
843
20.042 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2525
20.282 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
183
20.024 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
139
20.024 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
274
20.016 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
26724
20.027 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
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Call Option
Selling
200,000
28
American
20161216
1.81
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Put Option
Purchasing
200,000
26
American
20161216
2.49
(ii)
Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
(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:
26/05/2015
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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