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RNS Number : 7764M
GoldmanSachs International
11 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:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:
BG GROUP PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
08 May 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 the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES - disclosed previously for 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchases
1,218,782
2,468,146
28.5700 EUR
20.7700 GBP
27.8800 EUR
20.1450 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
200,295
3,334,725
20.7200 GBP
28.5705 EUR
20.1498 GBP
27.8300 EUR
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchases
907,385
21.0100 GBP
20.4350 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,085,548
12,450
21.0400 GBP
32.3017 USD
20.5100 GBP
32.3017 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
20.2800 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
847
20.3200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
20.4241 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,212
20.6495 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,282
20.7200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,184
20.7200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
8,212
20.7200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,178
20.7200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
968
20.7200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
370
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
1,877
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
3,136
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
3,387
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
12,295
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
1,571
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
6,871
20.3894 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
269,657
20.7104 GBP
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
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,480
20.6128 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
83
20.7045 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
3,802
20.7045 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
22
20.7300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,480
20.7373 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
84,611
20.8415 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
5,125
20.8415 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,796
20.8886 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,675
20.8886 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
3,089
20.8886 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
544
20.8921 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
338
20.8921 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
4,257
20.8929 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
4,913
20.8929 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,857
20.8929 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
20,050
20.9065 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
121,875
20.9065 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
47,719
20.9065 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
6,652
20.9433 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,814
20.9516 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
107
20.9516 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,839
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,652
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
165
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,802
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
69
20.9600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
154
21.0067 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
5,630
20.8791 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
2,300
20.8791 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
12,450
32.3017 USD
(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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
5 (500)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
19/06/2015
0.3400 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Selling
5 (500)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
19/06/2015
0.3400 EUR
(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)



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:
11 May 2015
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
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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