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RNS Number : 3783T
GoldmanSachs International
17 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:
16 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
198,974
207,301
26.3950 EUR
18.3950 GBP
26.0321 EUR
15.5267 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
176,659
338,014
26.3900 EUR
18.6073 GBP
26.0500 EUR
18.1850 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
224,402
18.5700 GBP
18.3600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
370,220
18.5851 GBP
18.3816 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 short position
16,971
18.3550 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
7,278
18.3550 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
854
26.3579 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
6,200
26.2750 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
6,200
26.2750 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
16,683
18.2750 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
17,942
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
8,515
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
8,605
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
925
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
4,611
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
30,398
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
3,484
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
17,958
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
924
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
4,606
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
8,613
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
30,361
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
3,485
18.2963 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
8,511
18.2963 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
13,362
18.3816 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
120,258
18.3816 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,028
18.4199 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
58
18.4199 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
259
18.4317 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,209
18.4317 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,201
18.4395 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,558
18.4395 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,568
18.4395 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,574
18.4442 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
59
18.4546 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
270
18.4650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
127
18.4650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,559
18.4822 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,568
18.4822 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,202
18.4822 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,432
18.5550 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
100
18.5550 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,058
18.5550 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
270
18.5550 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
1,150
18.4854 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
4,480
18.4854 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
470
18.4854 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
1,430
18.4854 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
4,400
18.4860 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








(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:
17 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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