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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
24 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. 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:
23 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
A ADSs
PURCHASES
1,101,563
47.0500 USD
46.2000 USD
A ADSs
SALES
1,039,396
70.0000 USD
46.2000 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
367,701
47.3700 USD
45.4296 USD
B ADSs
SALES
317,701
47.3700 USD
46.5700 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
414
21.1390 EUR
21.1390 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
414
21.1390 EUR
21.1390 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
363
15.5423 GBP
15.5121 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
363
15.4650 GBP
15.4350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
23,322
21.3900 USD
21.3900 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
400
15.5650 GBP
15.5650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
400
15.5650 GBP
15.5650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
11,188
23.3260 USD
23.3260 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
11,188
23.2098 USD
23.2098 USD
(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
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
300
50.0000
A
19/02/2016
0.6500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
100
70.0000
A
15/01/2016
23.1000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
1,100
52.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.3500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
700
52.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.3500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
200
52.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.3500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
600
52.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.3500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
1,100
52.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.3500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
52.5000
A
15/07/2016
1.2500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
50.0000
A
20/01/2017
2.7000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
1,100
50.0000
A
20/01/2017
2.8000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
40.0000
A
19/01/2018
8.5000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
40.0000
A
19/01/2018
8.5000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
300
47.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.8500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
47.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.8600 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
50.0000
A
15/04/2016
1.0000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
50.0000
A
15/04/2016
1.0700 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
45,500
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
45,300
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
16,800
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
2,900
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
1,000
55.0000
A
20/01/2017
1.3700 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
100
50.0000
A
15/01/2016
3.5000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
45,500
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
2,900
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
45,300
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
16,800
45.0000
A
15/01/2016
63.9500 USD
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
A ADSs
PUT
100
70.0000 USD
(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:
24 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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