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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
30 December 2015 
 
AMENDMENT(Section 2a and 2b) 
 
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:                                                                                                      Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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:                                                                                                              24 DECEMBER 2015                        
 (e)Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today  disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?              Yes                                     
 
 
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  
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        1,451,849                     21.5550 EUR                           21.3450 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            1,511,660                     21.5550 EUR                           21.3400 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        63,325                        15.7000 GBP                           15.5450 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            135,299                       15.7050 GBP                           15.4027 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         PURCHASES        111,504                       15.8400 GBP                           15.6750 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         SALES            194,331                       15.8500 GBP                           15.6700 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  
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     102,010                         21.4346 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     681                             21.4476 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     78,535                          21.4521 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     113,364                         21.4933 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    721                             21.4165 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    125,240                         21.4653 EUR     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     5,138                           15.6031 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     249                             15.6031 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     766                             15.6031 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     8,000                           15.6894 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    15,600                          15.6084 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    12,000                          15.6492 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     6,226                           15.7282 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     15,600                          15.7499 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     401                             15.7523 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     8,268                           15.7523 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     1,231                           15.7523 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     89,200                          15.7638 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     17,000                          15.7873 GBP     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    5,000                           15.7900 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  Type   e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
 N/A                         N/A                                               N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                                  N/A          N/A                                   
 
 
(ii)        Exercise 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description            e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
 N/A                         N/A                                              N/A                   N/A                      
 
 
(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)  
 N/A                         N/A                                                         N/A      N/A                             
 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
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. 
 
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: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:  30 DECEMBER 2015   
 Contact name:        Craig Horsley      
 Telephone number:    +44(141) 245 7736  
 
 
Telephone number: 
 
+44(141) 245 7736 
 
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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