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RNS Number : 3039K
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
29 December 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: 
24/12/2015
(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 GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
423,385
15.6GBP
15.55GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
482,730
18.62 GBP
15.55 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
297,877
21.5 EUR
21.37EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
435,928
21.5 EUR
21.44 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
72
21.72 EUR
21.72EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
278,843
15.8GBP
15.69 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase 
72
21.72 EUR
21.72EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
277,892
15.81 GBP
15.71 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 GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
196,358
15.766 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3
15.77 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,437
15.793 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,460
15.793 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,460
15.765 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3
15.793 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
132
15.8 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
173
15.751 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,012
15.806 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
219
15.751 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,393
15.736 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
5,101
15.736 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
125
15.751 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
98
15.751 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,692
15.765 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,692
15.808 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
197,864
15.766 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
989
15.766 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
16,206
15.614 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
632
15.614 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
350
15.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
964
21.485 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,765
21.502 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,105
15.669 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,105
15.569 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,579
21.449 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,000
21.46 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
119,700
21.497 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,471
21.38 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
25,377
21.507 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
715
15.665 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
715
15.64 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
242,580
21.453 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,804
21.453 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
242,580
21.451 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
246,943
15.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
620
15.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
246,943
15.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
27,038
15.666 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
812
15.691 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
27,534
15.666 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
827
15.691 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13,348
15.666 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
401
15.691 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,080
15.666 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
62
15.691 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:
29/12/2015
Contact name:
Kim Oakley
Telephone number:
0207 996 0275
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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