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RNS Number : 0154S
GoldmanSachs International
02 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:
01 July 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
982,214
995,730
18.2650 GBP
36.1938 EUR
17.8538 GBP
25.4950 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
995,271
1,171,980
25.7750 EUR
18.2650 GBP
25.4402 EUR
17.9550 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
545,030
18.4450 GBP
18.1600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
934,543
7,115
18.4400 GBP
28.4796 USD
18.1550 GBP
28.4796 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
Reducing a short position
2,380
18.0038 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
18.0080 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,051
18.0350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,505
18.0350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
5,205
18.0350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
886
18.0350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
35,918
18.0684 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
64,000
18.0684 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
50,457
18.0824 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,081
18.0874 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.1100 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,021
25.6877 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
6,200
25.7400 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
6,200
25.7400 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
10,000
18.0268 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
29,321
18.0296 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
20,000
18.1186 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 long position
732
18.1677 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
181
18.1677 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
212
18.1677 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,903
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,466
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,548
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
980
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
14
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,569
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
782
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
860
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
229
18.1844 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,545
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,880
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
524
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
709
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
59
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,079
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
70
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,694
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
272
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
697
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,764
18.1950 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
136
18.1976 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
257
18.1976 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
19,111
18.1989 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
18.2044 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
7,670
18.2117 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
5,265
18.2190 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
3,672
18.2190 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,154
18.2190 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
267,240
18.2376 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,400
18.2567 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
854
18.2822 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
37
18.3228 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.3250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
40
18.3353 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,764
18.3454 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
30,000
18.2704 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
7,115
28.4796 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
Warrant
Call Warrant
Purchasing
12,000
19.1627 EUR
AMERICAN
31/12/2030
6.7800 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:
02 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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