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RNS Number : 5044T
JPMorgan Securities Plc
20 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:                                                                                                                                                                        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:                                                                                                                                                                                17 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  77,061272,242 166,450282,481  18.3200 GBP26.3800 EUR 18.3200 GBP26.3800 EUR  18.0800 GBP26.1250 EUR 18.0950 GBP26.1175 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   148,734142 805,732142       18.9000 GBP26.6350 EUR 18.9000 GBP26.6350 EUR  18.2750 GBP26.6350 EUR 18.2650 GBP26.6350 EUR  
 
 
(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                                                                                           33,7687,7251,8401,745 3292184921143  18.2092 GBP18.2304 GBP18.3163 GBP26.2130 EUR 18.2068 GBP18.2228 GBP18.2270 GBP18.2275 GBP18.2491 GBP18.2965 GBP  
 
 
 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                                                                                            10,464 10,8008,30510,800        18.2925 18.313018.507218.5239  
 
 
(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           Put Option                            Selling                                     125,000                                       18.00                          American                          18/03/16     1.25                                        
 
 
(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:  20 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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