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RNS Number : 8927H
JPMorgan Securities Plc
03 December 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:
02 December 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
494,932
1,291,258
1,006,392
702,022
16.8445 GBP
23.9400 EUR
16.8000 GBP
23.9950 EUR
16.4100 GBP
23.4350 EUR
16.4150 GBP
23.4250 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
1,020,878
48
1,483,074
17.0100 GBP
23.9150 EUR
17.1140 GBP
16.5800 GBP
23.9150 EUR
16.5400 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 
639,000
6,023
41,021
2,217
504
40,178
300
81,159
1,231
37,097
2,949
2,159
695
54,075
231,762
2,949
95,020
227,080
16
363
11,843
500
17,000
16.4500 GBP
16.6008 GBP
16.6335 GBP
23.5119 EUR
23.5303 EUR
23.5739 EUR
23.6090 EUR
23.6110 EUR
23.6182 EUR
23.6407 EUR
23.7119 EUR
16.6370 GBP
16.6475 GBP
16.8445 GBP
23.4950 EUR
23.5136 EUR
23.5778 EUR
23.6450 EUR
23.6657 EUR
23.6700 EUR
23.7167 EUR
23.7273 EUR
23.7470 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 
14,253
800
47,065
17,834
4,100
8,096
48
16.6880 GBP
16.7370 GBP
16.8105 GBP
16.8534 GBP
16.8540 GBP
16.8677 GBP
23.9168 EUR
(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







(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:
03 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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