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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
15 January 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:
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:
14 JANUARY 2016
(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
1,197,230
41.6300 USD
38.8900 USD
A ADSs
SALES
1,150,180
41.6300 USD
38.8900 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
854,554
41.3300 USD
38.4900 USD
B ADSs
SALES
854,554
41.3300 USD
38.4900 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
96,580
18.3497 EUR
17.9700 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
96,580
18.3497 EUR
17.9700 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
211,590
13.9851 GBP
13.3750 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
211,590
13.9150 GBP
13.3550 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
8,879
19.9216 USD
19.9216 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
8,879
19.9215 USD
19.9215 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
140,892
13.9703 GBP
13.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
140,892
13.9000 GBP
13.3412 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
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
42.5000
A
15/07/2016
1.9000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
45.0000
A
20/01/2017
2.5000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
125,000
37.5000
A
15/07/2016
2.7000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
300
47.5000
A
15/04/2016
8.4300 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
300
47.5000
A
15/01/2016
7.3200 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
PURCHASE 
160,000
16.0000
A
15/04/2016
202.8000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
PURCHASE 
40,000
16.0000
A
15/04/2016
202.8000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
SALE 
160,000
16.0000
A
15/04/2016
202.8000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
SALE 
40,000
16.0000
A
15/04/2016
202.8000 GBP
(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:
15 JANUARY 2016
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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