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    REG - BofA Merrill Lynch Royal Dutch Shell BG Group - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    16/07/2015 12:53
    RNS Number : 3670R
    BofA Merrill Lynch
    26 June 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
    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: 
    25/06/2015
    (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
    1,669,052
    11.23 GBP
    11.065 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    1,249,913
    11.23 GBP
    11.07 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 GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    205
    11.094 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    206
    11.094 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,054,444
    11.134 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    1,052,291
    11.133 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    536
    11.134 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    228
    11.133 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,021
    11.095 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,828
    11.156 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    159
    11.138 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    194
    11.11 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    321
    11.111 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    772
    11.138 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    162
    11.117 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    717
    11.117 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    357
    11.138 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    779
    11.116 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    717
    11.116 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    772
    11.157 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,828
    11.138 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,791
    11.135 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,329
    11.163 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    11,229
    11.149 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    64,116
    11.149 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    3,488
    11.075 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,393
    11.12 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    4,325
    11.155 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    100
    11.093 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    71
    11.184 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,700
    11.184 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,066
    11.105 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    400,000
    11.152 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    30,728
    11.146 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    32,599
    11.143 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    13,242
    11.135 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    15,054
    11.131 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    19,442
    11.131 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    32,684
    11.144 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    15,054
    11.123 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:
    26/06/2015
    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
    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: 
    25/06/2015
    (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
    Sale
    1,280,988
    19.41 GBP
    19.03 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Purchase
    1,605,412
    19.41 GBP
    19.025 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,405,574
    26.995 EUR
    26.525 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,376,467
    19.18 GBP
    18.825 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    999,658
    26.995 EUR
    26.525 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,397,137
    19.185 GBP
    18.827 GBP
    ADR - ISIN 
    US7802592060
    Purchase
    13,697
    59.31 USD
    59.23 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 GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    87,583
    19.257 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,772
    19.126 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    689
    19.068 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,605
    19.223 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    693,351
    19.224 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    695,769
    19.223 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    10
    19.068 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,199
    19.256 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    487
    19.068 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    3,000
    19.18 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    341
    19.114 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,497
    19.206 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,188
    19.217 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    3,203
    19.206 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    400
    19.259 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    159
    19.114 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    69
    19.294 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    7
    19.374 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    507
    19.279 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    628
    19.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    254
    19.374 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    521
    19.333 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,382
    19.102 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    23,361
    19.083 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    554
    19.08 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    4,080
    19.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    507
    19.08 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,724
    19.06 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    3,792
    19.08 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    104
    19.08 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    357
    19.291 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,058
    19.291 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    650
    19.1 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    300
    19.075 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    344
    19.055 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    6
    19.055 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    178,160
    19.214 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    13,084
    19.179 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    14,262
    19.154 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    13,854
    19.266 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    62,084
    26.795 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,112,960
    19.004 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,115,154
    19.003 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,853
    19.004 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    18,650
    19.101 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,016
    26.937 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    121
    26.937 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    5,033
    26.857 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,033
    26.864 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    677
    26.857 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    677
    26.865 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    678
    26.857 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    480
    26.643 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    45
    18.869 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,072
    19.031 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    63
    19.136 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    337
    19.111 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    408
    19.136 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    63
    19.111 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    4,220
    26.674 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,550
    26.674 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    6,919
    26.682 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    677
    26.865 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    31,185
    26.827 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,797
    26.593 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    28,487
    19.008 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    5,831
    18.915 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    18,937
    18.915 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    23,606
    18.827 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    327
    26.833 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    215
    18.969 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    833,412
    26.782 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    834,606
    26.781 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    857
    19.025 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    13,084
    18.849 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    13,876
    19.01 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,824
    18.99 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,824
    19.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,848
    19.04 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    10,028
    19.03 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    11,728
    19.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    4,470
    19.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,944
    19.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    4,470
    19.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    8,784
    19.24 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Futures
    Short
    3,000
    24.585 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:
    26/06/2015
    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. 

    This information is provided by RNS
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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