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JPMorgan Securities Plc
17 July 2015
AMENDMENT
INCREASED RDS B SALES BY 80,883 TO 671,365.
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: J.P. Morgan Securities plc
(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: 08 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 this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" YesBG 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
Ordinary A Shares Purchases Sales 37,0602,296,884 174,251758,174 18.1400 GBP25.3250 EUR 18.0900 GBP25.2350 EUR 17.6550 GBP24.8100 EUR 17.6400 GBP24.8100 EUR
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary B Shares Purchases Sales 505,069 671,365 18.2000 GBP 18.2050 GBP 17.7150 GBP 17.7150 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. CFD Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit
Ordinary A Shares Equity Swaps Long Short 5,877401,873 5272,967506522401,8732904125,228172482,6354764569,4375,48550,0001862,324 18.0067 GBP24.8350 EUR 18.0063 GBP18.0268 GBP18.0351 GBP18.0487 GBP18.0541 GBP18.0809 GBP24.8350 EUR24.9850 EUR25.0445 EUR25.0455 EUR25.0666 EUR25.0729 EUR25.0769 EUR25.0949 EUR25.0997 EUR25.1044 EUR25.1045 EUR25.1150 EUR25.1913 EUR25.1915 EUR
Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. CFD Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares Equity Swaps Long Short 6,68124,500 1224,663212727927112 18.088118.1247 17.912518.046218.066918.070018.071818.073718.119718.1568
(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 (GBP) Typee.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. call option Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit(EUR)
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP)
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: Jasper Niesing
Telephone number: 020 7742 4613
Telephone number:
020 7742 4613
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 dealing 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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