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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Royal Dutch Shell Plc Amendment <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

RNS Number : 7775I
JPMorgan Securities Plc
11 December 2015

AMENDMENT

DECREASED ORDINARY A SHARE EQUITY GBP PURCHASES BY 1,261 TO 149,683. DECREASED ORDINARY B SHARE EQUITY GBP SALES BY 1,261 TO 1,345,296.

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:

24 November 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"

Yes

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

Ordinary A Shares

Purchases

Sales

149,683

881,108

175,184

421,076

16.5000 GBP

23.5050 EUR

16.5000 GBP

23.5100 EUR

16.1400 GBP

22.9850 EUR

16.1700 GBP

22.9900 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

1,483,972

1,345,296

16.6800 GBP

16.6750 GBP

16.2300 GBP

16.2200 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

Ordinary A Shares

Equity Swaps

Dividend Future

Long

Short

Short

9,145

10,658

1,794

5,930

13,000

7,610

3,479

4,217

441

300,000

16.3152 GBP

16.4392 GBP

23.2765 EUR

16.2186 GBP

16.4460 GBP

23.0952 EUR

23.1683 EUR

23.3747 EUR

23.5018 EUR

1.0000 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

Ordinary B Shares

Equity Swap

Long

Short

7,166

8,417

4,100

22,270

16,630

22,270

142,379

19,971

16.2974 GBP

16.5108 GBP

16.5853 GBP

16.6383 GBP

16.6418 GBP

16.3163 GBP

16.4080 GBP

16.5943 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 (EUR)

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR)

Ordinary A Shares

Call Option

Put Option

Purchasing

Purchasing

370,000

370,000

25.00

23.50

American

American

18/12/15

18/12/15

0.0950

0.8700

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)

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)

Ordinary B Shares

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

Ordinary A Shares

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(GBP)

Ordinary B Shares

(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)

(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:

11 December 2015

Contact name:

Tung Le

Telephone number:

020 7742 7272

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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