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RNS Number : 8310A
GoldmanSachs International
30 September 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:
29 September 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
307,596
1,114,787
15.4650 GBP
22.7026 EUR
15.0000 GBP
20.3000 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
839,325
492,117
21.1000 EUR
15.4850 GBP
20.3072 EUR
15.0000 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
753,808
15.6050 GBP
15.0300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
833,663
150,000
15.5780 GBP
23.4397 USD
15.0300 GBP
23.4397 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
Opening a long position
3,021
15.3239 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,021
15.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,030
15.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
380
15.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
980
15.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
300
15.3785 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
7,156
20.9214 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
92,198
15.3396 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
74,264
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
2,218
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
21,058
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
11,139
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
8,476
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
52,726
21.0318 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
20,689
21.0318 EUR
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
104,849
15.2448 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,864
15.3760 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
700
15.4230 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
800
15.4230 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
700
15.4230 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,310
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
107
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,864
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
16
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
8,082
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
100
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
192
15.4300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
8,200
15.4411 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
233
15.4419 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
107
15.4419 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
8,082
15.4419 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
421
15.4423 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
25,000
15.4450 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
40,000
15.4583 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
90,692
15.4583 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
65,551
15.4583 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
83
15.4694 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
52
15.4694 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,310
15.5075 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
270
15.5075 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
52,000
23.4397 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
98,000
23.4397 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
480
15.4939 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,350
15.4939 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:
30 September 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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