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RNS Number : 1656Q
GoldmanSachs International
15 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:
(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:
12 June 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
148,441
744,045
26.2650 EUR
18.9629 GBP
25.7200 EUR
18.5700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
423,373
125,107
18.9700 GBP
26.2550 EUR
18.5150 GBP
25.7150 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
1,303,969
19.2550 GBP
18.7550 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
3,340,686
19.2500 GBP
18.7550 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
821
18.5800 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
3,099
18.5800 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
200,000
18.5856 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
3,460
18.6527 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
7,560
18.7360 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
48,121
18.7575 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,077
26.0684 EUR
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
573
18.8356 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
277
18.8356 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
91
18.8400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,973
18.8400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
108
18.8400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,448
18.8400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
12
18.8400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
29,143
18.8476 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
31,684
18.8513 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
179,542
18.8513 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,467
18.8788 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,989
18.8788 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
419
18.9781 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
267
18.9781 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,582
18.9867 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,973
19.0484 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
128
19.0484 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
19.0498 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
73
19.0498 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
260,318
18.9003 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
118,272
18.9003 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
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
190,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
190,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.4300 GBP
(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:
15 June 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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