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RNS Number : 2325R
JPMorgan Securities Plc
25 June 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:
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 June 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
773,919
328,075
816,364
488,854
18.9850 GBP
26.8200 EUR
18.9850 GBP
26.8150 EUR
18.6950 GBP
26.5150 EUR
18.6950 GBP
25.1069 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
435,944
534,545
19.2800 GBP
19.2468 GBP
19.0000 GBP
19.0000 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
Long 
Short
11,793
18
8
247
146
20
94
99
3,032
27,943
410
35
207
2,635
432
204
15
2,789
225
1,054
80
102,590
1,900
147
230
534
45
665
53
369
28
18.9289 GBP
18.7893 GBP
18.8131 GBP
18.8659 GBP
18.8753 GBP
18.9243 GBP
18.9308 GBP
18.9382 GBP
18.9444 GBP
26.6704 EUR
26.6798 EUR
26.6811 EUR
26.6906 EUR
26.6908 EUR
26.6970 EUR
26.6984 EUR
26.7037 EUR
26.7125 EUR
26.7133 EUR
26.7182 EUR
26.7183 EUR
26.7317 EUR
26.7385 EUR
26.7389 EUR
26.7420 EUR
26.7608 EUR
26.7617 EUR
26.7706 EUR
26.7708 EUR
26.7728 EUR
26.7729 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
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short
28,800
11,844
10,000
20,000
23,600
10,000
5,409
364
10,000
95
100
723
48
477
22
8
19.1930
19.1979
19.1995
19.2015
19.2447
19.2467
19.1839
19.1848
19.1938
19.1979
19.2015
19.2078
19.2080
19.2470
19.2506
19.2519
(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







(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.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 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:
25 June 2015
Contact name:
Jasper Niesing
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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