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RNS Number : 8592R
GoldmanSachs International
01 July 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:
30 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
577,434
495,381
18.2200 GBP
25.6696 EUR
17.8650 GBP
25.3650 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
498,830
998,613
25.6750 EUR
18.2200 GBP
25.3700 EUR
17.8650 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
3,945,429
18.4000 GBP
18.0700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,474,682
18.4050 GBP
18.0700 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
886
17.8650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,380
17.8650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
17.8650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
69,870
17.9724 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
33,896
18.0062 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,412
18.0219 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.2200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
6,200
25.5400 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
4,500
25.5400 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
3,225
18.0991 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
15,000
18.1214 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
40,000
18.0700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
709
18.0727 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,153
18.1504 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,149
18.1994 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,150
18.2472 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
36
18.2632 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,232
18.2632 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,066
18.2632 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
265,754
18.2653 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
120
18.2695 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
76
18.2695 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
119
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,292
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,135
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
40,976
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
35,901
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,850
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
6,681
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
5,300
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
16,792
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
16,836
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,306
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
10,912
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
6,682
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
891
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,247
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
534
18.4100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
74,048
18.2094 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
3,360
18.2381 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
3,200
18.2406 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
7,820
18.2406 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
170
18.2406 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,005
18.2755 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
15,000
18.3261 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
2,500,000
18.4000 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
38,000
18.5000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1900 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
38,000
18.5000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1900 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
19,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
21/08/2015
0.1725 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
19,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
21/08/2015
0.1725 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
38,000
18.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
19,000
18.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
21/08/2015
0.4750 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
38,000
18.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
17/07/2015
0.1700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Purchasing
19,000
18.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
21/08/2015
0.4750 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Selling
67,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.0600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Put Option
Selling
67,000
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.0600 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:
01 July 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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