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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
28 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:
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
44,431
15.7050 GBP
15.5450 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
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 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
209
15.6800 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:
29 DECEMBER 2015
Contact name:
Craig Horsley 
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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