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29/12/2015 07:10

RNS Number : 2287K
BNP Paribas London
24 December 2015
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
BNP Paribas SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) 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
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
23rd December 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
NO
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
GB00B03MLX29
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
48,394,196
1.21
0.00
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
 TOTAL:
48,394,196
1.21
0.00
0.00
Class of relevant security:
GB00B03MM408
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
4,559,155
0.19
0.00
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
 TOTAL:
4,559,155
0.19
0.00
0.00
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,927
15.1200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
8,385
15.1250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
400
15.1300
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
7,625
15.1350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
695
15.1450
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
137
15.1550
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,135
15.1650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
7,433
15.1750
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
5,686
15.1800
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,417
15.1850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,827
15.1950
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
5,955
15.2000
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
358
15.2050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
315
15.2150
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,247
15.2200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,974
15.2250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
5,203
15.2300
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,704
15.2350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,955
15.2450
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,851
15.2500
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
530
15.2600
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
204
15.2650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
6,193
15.2750
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
36
15.2950
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
854
15.3000
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
645
15.3100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,975
15.4000
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
7,897
15.4050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
500
15.4100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
100
15.4200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,693
15.4600
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
5,685
15.4650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
111
15.4700
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,158
15.4750
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,850
15.4800
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,449
15.4850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,863
15.4900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,730
15.4950
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
97,532
15.5100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
805
15.5150
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
576
15.5200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
721
15.5250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,148
15.5350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
166
20.4600
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
48
20.6050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,000
20.7250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
96
20.7450
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
96
20.7700
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
96
20.8150
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
48
20.8200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
47
20.8850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
923
20.9200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
328
20.9250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
321
20.9450
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
322
20.9550
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
323
20.9650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
94
20.9850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,630
20.9900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
344
21.0350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
94
21.0850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,274
21.0900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
47
21.1350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
8
21.1700
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,957
21.1900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
323
21.2000
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
885
21.2050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,179
21.2100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,950
21.2150
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
6,245
21.2200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
6,383
21.2250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,256
21.2300
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
506
21.2400
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
328
21.2450
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
514
21.2500
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
971
21.2550
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
322
21.2600
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,709
21.2650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
948
21.2700
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,374
21.2750
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,128
21.2800
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,209
21.2850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
11,933
21.2900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,807
21.2950
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,967
21.3000
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
27,117
21.3050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
712
21.3100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
10,011
21.3200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,065
21.3250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,598
21.3300
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
376
21.3350
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
326
21.3500
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
320
21.3550
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
528
21.3600
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
6,134
21.3650
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
685
21.3700
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,873
21.3750
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
660
21.3800
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,304
21.3850
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
853
21.3900
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,092
21.3950
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
310
21.4050
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
4,991
21.4100
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
626
21.4150
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
3,353
21.4200
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
341
21.4250
GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
313
21.4300

Total:
343,271





GB00B03MLX29
Sale
8,282
15.0900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,900
15.0950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
5,574
15.1000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
692
15.1050
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
8,707
15.1100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,039
15.1150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
12,566
15.1200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,298
15.1250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,444
15.1350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,397
15.1450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
500
15.4250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,910
15.4300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,635
15.4350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
3,729
15.4400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
27,181
15.4450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
3,656
15.4500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,273
15.4550
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
5,700
15.4600
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
27,991
15.4650
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
10,543
15.4700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,693
15.4750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
7,095
15.4800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,244
15.4850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
6
15.4900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,848
15.5000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
33,499
15.5100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
7,893
15.5150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
144
20.6100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
96
20.6150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
336
20.6250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
340
20.6300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
96
20.6400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,427
20.6450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
100
20.6500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,207
20.7150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,130
20.7350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
788
20.7400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,020
20.7450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,912
20.7500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
48
20.7650
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,460
20.7700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,517
20.7850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
352
20.8100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
726
20.8150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,427
20.8200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,048
20.8250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
340
20.8300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
311
20.8350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
413
20.8500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
484
20.8800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
374
20.8850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,224
20.8900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
807
20.9000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,053
20.9200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,777
20.9300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
422
20.9350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,954
20.9400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,174
20.9450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
141
20.9500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
94
20.9700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
337
20.9750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,109
20.9800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
839
20.9900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,423
20.9950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,019
21.0000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
536
21.0050
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
642
21.0150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
556
21.0300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
896
21.0350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
562
21.0400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
583
21.0450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
526
21.0600
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
239
21.0700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
603
21.0750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
218
21.0800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
902
21.0850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
519
21.0900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
676
21.0950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
493
21.1000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,182
21.1100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
772
21.1150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
94
21.1200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
593
21.1350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
741
21.1400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
857
21.1450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
672
21.1750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
535
21.1800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
899
21.1850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
561
21.1900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
243
21.1950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
94
21.2000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
141
21.2050
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
554
21.2100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
262
21.2150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
640
21.2200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
313
21.2300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,999
21.2400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,054
21.2450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
775
21.2500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,078
21.2550
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,676
21.2600
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
7,036
21.2650
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
6,733
21.2700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
9,957
21.2750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,159
21.2800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
5,304
21.2850
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,412
21.2900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
18,549
21.2950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
108,729
21.3000
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
19,915
21.3050
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
23,884
21.3100
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
18,501
21.3150
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
6,945
21.3200
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
375
21.3250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
5,560
21.3300
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,746
21.3350
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,832
21.3400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,595
21.3450
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
614
21.3500
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
477
21.3550
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
526
21.3600
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
5,036
21.3650
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
848
21.3700
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
9,121
21.3750
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
527
21.3800
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
273,312
21.3900
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
7,657
21.3950
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
365
21.4250
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
92
21.4400
GB00B03MLX29
Sale
4,821
20.6876

Total:
802,078





GB00B03MM408
Purchase
15
15.3200
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
789
15.3250
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
619
15.3550
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
6,679
15.3750
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
477
15.3850
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
2,423
15.3900
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
11
15.4650
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
117
15.5150
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
7,125
15.5200
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
310
15.6350
GB00B03MM408
Purchase
64,987
15.6450

Total:
83,552





GB00B03MM408
Sale
200
15.0700
GB00B03MM408
Sale
10
15.1350
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,650
15.1800
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,850
15.1850
GB00B03MM408
Sale
5,273
15.1900
GB00B03MM408
Sale
4,927
15.1950
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,792
15.1975
GB00B03MM408
Sale
4,313
15.2000
GB00B03MM408
Sale
2,979
15.2050
GB00B03MM408
Sale
253
15.2075
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,564
15.2100
GB00B03MM408
Sale
560
15.2125
GB00B03MM408
Sale
2,050
15.2200
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,630
15.2400
GB00B03MM408
Sale
787
15.2425
GB00B03MM408
Sale
2,061
15.2550
GB00B03MM408
Sale
261
15.2575
GB00B03MM408
Sale
3,076
15.5700
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,680
15.5800
GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,020
15.6050
GB00B03MM408
Sale
2,878
15.6100
GB00B03MM408
Sale
5,431
15.6350
GB00B03MM408
Sale
21,144
15.6450

Total:
67,389

(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)




4. 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 person 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 person 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
24th December 2015
Contact name:
Tara Foy
Telephone number:
020 7 595 9695
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 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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