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RNS Number : 6900C
JPMorgan Securities Plc
19 October 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:
16 October 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
305,887
180,608
267,822
216,802
24.8900 EUR
18.2000 GBP
24.8850 EUR
18.2400 GBP
24.2100 EUR
17.9750 GBP
24.4750 EUR
17.9900 GBP
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
700
875,307
728
1,018,396
25.1650 EUR
18.4500 GBP
25.1650 EUR
18.4600 GBP
25.1650 EUR
18.0450 GBP
25.1450 EUR
16.0000 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 
901 
29,914 
21,289 
11,262 
22 
104 
1,762 
139 
10,609 
852 
15,625 
157 
1,978 
508 
6,343 
2,256 
9 
97 
92 
92 
20,678 
18,193 
1,800 
44,385
18.0800GBP 18.1106GBP 18.1352GBP
18.1920GBP
18.2385GBP 
24.6482EUR 
24.7125EUR 
24.7127EUR 
24.7296EUR 
24.7298EUR 
24.7389EUR 
24.7396EUR 
24.7397EUR 
24.7505EUR 
24.7507EUR 
24.7580EUR 
24.7992EUR 
24.8011EUR 
24.8311EUR 
24.8625EUR 
18.0673GBP 
18.1142GBP 
24.6874EUR 
24.7150EUR
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
51,745 
23,807 
5,000 
661 
889 
43,646 
2,835 
296 
1,905 
560 
15,000 
9,892 
5,000 
671 
8,389 
28 
15,000 
19,712 
52,470
18.2934G BP 
18.3159 GBP 
18.3280 GBP 
18.3395 GBP 
18.3450 GBP
18.3470 GBP
18.3479 GBP 
18.3543 GBP 
18.3551 GBP 
18.3562 GBP
18.3580 GBP
18.3598 GBP
18.4185 GBP
18.4256 GBP
18.4257 GBP
25.1431 eur
18.2724 GBP
18.3059 GBP
18.4157 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







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
Call option
Call option
Call option
Selling
Selling
Selling
14,000
86,000
100,000
16.50
16.50
16.00
European
European
European
16/10/15
16/10/15
16/10/15
1.8345
1.8450
2.3450
(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
Call option
Exercised against
200,000
16.00
(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:
19 October 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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