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21/12/2015 10:21

RNS Number : 7113J
UBS Asset Management
21 December 2015
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
 
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
UBS Asset Management *
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) 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
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
18th December 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes
BG Group Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
31,485,507
 0.80
 0
 0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
73,149
 0.00
0
 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
344,796
 0.00
 0
 0.00
 TOTAL:
31,903,452
0.80
0
 0.00
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
30,382,449
1.24
 0
 0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 0
 0.00
 0
 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
 0
 0.00
0
 0.00
 TOTAL:
30,382,449
 1.24
0
 0.00
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASE
 43,310
 14.635000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALE
 168
 14.550000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALE
 714
 14.635000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASE
 219
 14.710000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASE
 38,662
 14.690000 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASE
 716,974
 14.681956 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALE
 489
 14.690000 GBP
TOTAL PURCHASE
 799,165
TOTAL SALE
 1,371
(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





(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








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit





(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)
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 3,890
 16.208622 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 23
 16.208696 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 331
 16.208610 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 257
 16.208638 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 12,524
 16.208649 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 203
 16.208670 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 2,382
 16.208627 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 122
 16.208607 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 299
 16.208629 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 19
 16.208421 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 390
 16.208641 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 277
 16.208664 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,004
 16.208655 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 2,754
 16.208653 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 48
 16.208750 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 10
 16.209000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,122
 16.208654 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 171
 16.208596 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 100
 16.208600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 237,938
 16.208624 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 36
 16.208611 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 62
 16.208548 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 6
 16.208333 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 26,450
 16.208651 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 376,418
 16.208650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 150
 16.208667 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,102
 16.208630 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 2,654
 16.208621 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 212
 16.208679 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 343
 16.208659 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 478
 16.208640 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 34
 16.208529 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 3,405
 16.208652 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 18,502
 16.208700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 196
 16.208571 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 10,464
 16.208625 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 782
 16.208645 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 506
 16.208636 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,121
 16.208617 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 62
 16.208710 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 129
 16.208605 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 158
 16.208608 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 863
 16.208656 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 9,571
 16.208648 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 258
 16.208643 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 236
 16.208644 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 33
 16.208485 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,615
 16.208619 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 6,557
 16.208626 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 27
 16.208519 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 47
 16.208723 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 201
 16.208657 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,227
 16.208647 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 114
 16.208684 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 179
 16.208603 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 82
 16.208537 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 136
 16.208676 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 11,313
 16.208623 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 231
 16.208615 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 140
 16.208714 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 54
 16.208704 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 48
 22.427083 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 12
 22.426667 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 1,469
 22.427059 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 12,953
 22.427067 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 830
 22.427060 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 29
 22.426897 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 227
 22.427048 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 169,967
 22.427066 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 5,460
 22.427064 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 345
 22.427072 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 352
 22.427074 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 81
 22.427037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 10,726
 22.427065 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CORPORATE ACTION (Div)
 3,857
 22.427068 EUR
4. 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
21/12/2015
Contact name:
Miss Kirsty Lahmar
Telephone number:
+44 20 7901 5887 
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
* this report is on behalf of:
UBS AG (UBS Asset Management operating in Switzerland)
UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.
UBS Asset Management (Australia) Ltd
UBS Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited
UBS Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd
UBS Asset Management (Taiwan) Ltd
UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd
UBS Asset Management France SA
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Full name of person making disclosure:
UBS Asset Management *
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Written or purchased
Number of securities to which option or derivative relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Exchangeable Bonds
Purchased
344796
23.779064
-
16-Nov-2018
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
UBS Asset Management * have purchased 14,500,000 of Convertible Bond (XS1266674420).
ConversionRatio:42.0538
Conversion Price: 23.779064
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's 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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