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RNS Number : 8054N
JPMorgan Securities Plc
02 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:
01 February 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
689,801
1,153,410
5,224,265
2,906,777
15.2800 GBP
20.1450 EUR
15.2626 GBP
20.1800 EUR
14.7250 GBP
19.4900 EUR
14.7200 GBP
19.4849 EUR
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
737,485
788,486
15.3150
15.3150
14.8450
14.7375
(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 
51,857
130,569
1,754
389
1,622
151
10,649
1,907
422
1,141
257
712
169
482
114
100
25
4,810,320
293
185
12,000
28,683
290
24
265
3,031
790
183
1,000
40,000
53,692
38,206
2,000
7,257
10,000
83,770
2,533
593
1,342,216
1,000
7,500
8,072
2,231
17,800
15,000
11,180
372
1,100
14.8609 GBP
14.8917 GBP
14.9146 GBP
14.9216 GBP
14.9223 GBP
14.9355 GBP
14.9444 GBP
14.9551 GBP
14.9655 GBP
14.9708 GBP
14.9743 GBP
15.0015 GBP
15.0021 GBP
15.0281 GBP
15.0286 GBP
15.0397 GBP
15.0415 GBP
15.0600 GBP
19.4849 EUR
19.4881 EUR
19.4900 EUR
19.5470 EUR
19.5576 EUR
19.5583 EUR
19.5590 EUR
19.5594 EUR
19.5602 EUR
19.5930 EUR
19.6334 EUR
19.7033 EUR
19.7600 EUR
19.7715 EUR
19.8030 EUR
19.8203 EUR
19.8620 EUR
19.8720 EUR
19.8730 EUR
19.8735 EUR
19.9950 EUR
20.0300 EUR
20.0570 EUR
14.8170 GBP
14.9450 GBP
15.0370 GBP
19.5024 EUR
19.5157 EUR
19.7577 EUR
19.9892 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
45,000
13,480
350
341,673
100
922
341,673
14.9147 GBP
14.9281 GBP
15.0300 GBP
15.2100 GBP
14.9808 GBP
15.0000 GBP
15.2100 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:
02 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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