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RNS Number : 9544N
JPMorgan Securities Plc
03 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:
02 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
721,957
857,765
181,210
766,348
14.7600 GBP
19.6550 EUR
14.7650 GBP
19.6550 EUR
14.1350 GBP
18.7850 EUR
14.1500 GBP
18.8500 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
2,059,832
1,205
3,577,101
1,205
14.8750 GBP
19.1970 EUR
14.8750 GBP
19.2300 EUR
14.2000 GBP
19.0000 EUR
14.1400 GBP
19.0000 EUR
(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
Future
Long
Short 
Short
50,709
19,879
14,318
15,000
10,000
11,454
32,775
85
1,400
905
5,555
5,505
63,097
876
9,281
8,493
2,960
1,351
94
13
2,414
1
140
361
28,266
4
24,722
20,000
50,000
11,140
96,540
2,547
979
5,000
5,000
5,000
14,533
15,000
5,000
275
246
8,875
10,000
10,000
10,000
1,080
10,000
6,197
20,000
25,000
500,000
14.3055 GBP
14.4692 GBP
18.9872 EUR
19.0256 EUR
19.0729 EUR
19.0766 EUR
19.0771 EUR
19.0786 EUR
19.0800 EUR
19.0833 EUR
19.1092 EUR
19.1545 EUR
19.2033 EUR
19.2226 EUR
19.2236 EUR
19.2255 EUR
19.2323 EUR
19.2461 EUR
19.2656 EUR
19.2882 EUR
19.2916 EUR
19.2948 EUR
19.2973 EUR
19.2999 EUR
19.3051 EUR
19.3103 EUR
19.3368 EUR
19.3639 EUR
14.3372 GBP
14.4013 GBP
14.4757 GBP
14.5718 GBP
14.5803 GBP
18.7921 EUR
18.8521 EUR
18.8821 EUR
18.9800 EUR
19.0071 EUR
19.0221 EUR
19.0500 EUR
19.0828 EUR
19.1032 EUR
19.1366 EUR
19.1521 EUR
19.1621 EUR
19.2131 EUR
19.2821 EUR
19.3647 EUR
19.4221 EUR
19.4912 EUR
1.5600 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
7,211
1,778,900
14,980
6,499
8,972
320,839
50,000
940
71,000
28,300
10,500
311,780
14.2459 GBP
14.2673 GBP
14.2835 GBP
14.2960 GBP
14.2993 GBP
14.3093 GBP
14.3528 GBP
14.4416 GBP
14.7452 GBP
14.2997 GBP
14.3471 GBP
14.4706 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
Call option
Put Option
Purchasing
Purchasing
250,000
250,000
19.00
18.00
American
American
19/02/16
19/02/16
0.55
0.54
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 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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