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RNS Number : 2255R
GoldmanSachs International
25 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:
24 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
495,066
3,104,889
19.0150 GBP
26.8200 EUR
18.6950 GBP
26.4900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
714,626
459,262
26.8150 EUR
19.0150 GBP
26.5100 EUR
18.6950 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
1,022,739
19.2850 GBP
19.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,016,555
19.2850 GBP
19.0150 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 short position
1,100
18.6950 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
8,640
18.9157 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,345
18.9264 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,092
18.9674 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.9800 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,092
18.9850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
9,842
18.9850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
9,725
18.9850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
32
18.9900 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
15,759
26.7231 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
4,241
26.7321 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
7,532
26.7321 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
21,623
26.7420 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
125,000
18.9341 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
5,186
18.9862 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
Reducing a long position
110
19.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
990
19.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
298
19.0028 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
57
19.1555 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
116
19.1555 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
82
19.1555 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
5,494
19.1650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,876
19.1731 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,848
19.1731 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,157
19.1797 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,363
19.1797 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
107
19.1911 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
385
19.1911 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,468
19.1911 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
147
19.1911 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
56
19.1998 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
5,494
19.1998 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
181
19.1998 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
6,681
19.2000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
990
19.2000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,227
19.2000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
592
19.2062 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
862
19.2096 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
236
19.2266 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
42
19.2266 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
2,300
19.1494 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
5,280
19.2023 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
3,360
19.2082 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
8,200
19.2082 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
960
19.2082 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
610
19.2082 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
Purchasing
19,000
19.5000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
19,000
19.5000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option / (1.00 : 1,000.00)
Purchasing
555 (555,000)
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
21/08/2015
0.5700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option / (1.00 : 1,000.00)
Selling
1,656 (1,656,000)
19.5000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.2000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
19,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1800 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
19,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1800 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:
25 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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