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RNS Number : 6911Q
GoldmanSachs International
19 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:
18 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
1,645,864
216,517
25.7850 EUR
18.4500 GBP
25.5700 EUR
18.2750 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
132,026
129,194
25.7750 EUR
18.4500 GBP
25.5850 EUR
18.2850 GBP
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
881,497
18.7350 GBP
18.5750 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
496,983
18.7300 GBP
18.5700 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
Opening a long position
4,050
18.3420 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,081
18.3606 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,081
18.3972 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
298
18.4400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
4,304
25.7827 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP^
Reducing a long position
1,500,000
25.7850 EUR
^Please note this product is part of a basket of securities for which ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC is a component
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 long position
6,492
18.6284 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,492
18.6284 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
58,425
18.6284 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
58,425
18.6284 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
400
18.6415 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,050
18.6463 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
81
18.6492 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
887
18.6492 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
101
18.6492 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
48
18.6635 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
39
18.6635 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
50
18.6886 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
14
18.7221 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,100
18.7250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,100
18.7300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
74,048
18.6284 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
160
18.6648 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
Call Option / (1.00 : 1,000.00)
Selling
1,000 (1,000,000)
20.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.0550 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:
19 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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