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RNS Number : 9844A
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
01 October 2015 
 
AMENDMENT(Section 2a) 
 
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. LLC  
 (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:                                                                                                              25 SEPTEMBER 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  
 A ADSs                      PURCHASES        847,246                       47.6068 USD                           47.0500 USD                          
 A ADSs                      SALES            847,246                       47.6100 USD                           47.0600 USD                          
 B ADSs                      PURCHASES        223,381                       47.7500 USD                           47.1900 USD                          
 B ADSs                      SALES            223,381                       47.7500 USD                           47.1900 USD                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        12,266                        21.3187 EUR                           21.1500 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            12,266                        21.3186 EUR                           21.1500 EUR                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         PURCHASES        3,336                         15.5535 GBP                           15.5200 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         SALES            3,336                         15.5195 GBP                           15.4750 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         PURCHASES        168,079                       15.6900 GBP                           15.5700 GBP                          
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         SALES            168,079                       15.6900 GBP                           15.5694 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  
 N/A                         N/A                                       N/A                                                                                                      N/A                             N/A             
 
 
(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:  01 OCTOBER 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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