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RNS Number : 1632N
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
27 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:
26 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
1,071,783
41.5500 USD
40.1500 USD
A ADSs
SALES
1,072,304
41.5500 USD
40.1300 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
300,067
41.3800 USD
40.0400 USD
B ADSs
SALES
299,762
41.3800 USD
40.0400 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
1,531,036
18.8550 EUR
18.6721 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
1,531,036
18.8550 EUR
18.6721 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
2,865
13.7069 GBP
13.6269 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
2,865
13.6383 GBP
13.5579 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
1,276
14.2050 GBP
13.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
1,276
14.2050 GBP
13.5374 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
45.0000
A
15/07/2016
0.5000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
200
37.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.6800 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
200
45.0000
A
15/07/2016
0.7500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
42.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.9000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
400
42.5000
A
19/02/2016
0.9000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
50.0000
A
15/04/2016
0.4000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
1,100
50.0000
A
15/04/2016
0.4000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
500
50.0000
A
15/04/2016
0.4000 USD
(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:
27 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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