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RNS Number : 6372N
JPMorgan Securities Plc
01 February 2016
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:
29 January 2016
(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
1,169,251
453,931
624,484
529,112
20.1850 EUR
15.1950 GBP
20.2150 EUR
15.2100 GBP
19.4425 EUR
14.8400 GBP
19.3750 EUR
14.7100 GBP
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Purchases 
Sales
993,027
1,253,844
15.2900
15.2700
14.7250
14.6950
(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 
8,577
35,459
229
106,000
1,764
1,125
8,655
3,524
8,000
43,924
20,000
18,111
3,575
67
601
20,000
5,000
1,949
1,015
5,000
15,000
1,300
30,000
10,000
25,000
79
20,000
10,000
158
376
47
22,920
1,085
535,000
14.8875 GBP
14.9630 GBP
14.9800 GBP
14.9832 GBP
15.1800 GBP
19.5396 EUR
19.5750 EUR
19.5756 EUR
19.6258 EUR
19.6511 EUR
19.7261 EUR
19.7851 EUR
19.7873 EUR
19.7970 EUR
19.8450 EUR
19.9578 EUR
19.9670 EUR
19.9718 EUR
19.9866 EUR
19.9870 EUR
19.9928 EUR
19.9950 EUR
19.9978 EUR
20.0978 EUR
19.4561 EUR
19.6808 EUR
19.7871 EUR
19.8972 EUR
19.9017 EUR
19.9201 EUR
19.9965 EUR
19.9980 EUR
20.0040 EUR
20.1000 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
739
25,000
467,937
484
25,000
14,800
30,719
400
14.9575 GBP
15.0023 GBP
15.0764 GBP
15.2100 GBP
14.8763 GBP
14.8912 GBP
15.0525 GBP
15.0826 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







(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:
01 February 2016
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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