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29/07/2015 12:00

RNS Number : 4374U
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
29 July 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: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(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: 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
28/07/2015
(e) 
In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
YES 
If YES, specify which: 

(BG Group PLC) 
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 
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
1,916,274
17.7 GBP
17.47 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Purchase
24
25.04 EUR
25.04 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
1,347,674
17.71 GBP
17.51 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
24
25.04 EUR
25.04 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,059,696
17.47 GBP
17.29 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,120,984
24.83 EUR
24.37 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,036,439
17.48 GBP
17.29 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,306,926
24.8 EUR
24.37 EUR
ADR - US7802592060
Sale
1,075
55.78 USD
55.78 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
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
18
24.746 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13,877
24.547 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,422
24.547 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
812
24.64 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
660
24.615 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
409
24.61 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
376
24.605 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
204
24.61 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
335,671
24.622 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
50,000
24.637 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
49,585
24.637 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
415
24.637 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,984
17.475 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
461
17.42 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,321
17.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,060
17.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9
17.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
690,825
17.381 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
16,150
17.371 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,278
17.395 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
1,292
17.371 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
20,828
17.462 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Long
50,000
17.356 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
235
24.64 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
812
24.64 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,422
24.64 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
9,009
24.649 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
335,671
24.62 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
5,992
17.403 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
20,000
17.342 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
3,060
17.379 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
687,022
17.38 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
1,292
17.342 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
4,278
17.342 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
16,150
17.369 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
12,492
17.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
20,828
17.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swap
Short
38,687
17.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,910
17.694 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
1,290
17.694 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
367
17.694 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
15,074
17.537 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
9,439
17.524 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
6,216
17.524 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,219
17.537 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
483
17.537 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
667,348
17.592 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
24,498
17.597 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
11,374
17.607 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
2,366
17.607 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Long
11,135
17.51 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
5,682
17.526 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
479
17.526 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,772
17.526 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
72
17.625 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
1,123
17.625 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
14
17.535 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
329
17.539 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
2,135
17.535 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
6,932
17.539 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
668,709
17.59 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
11,374
17.629 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
26,864
17.589 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
18
17.527 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
93
17.527 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
10,891
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
5,151
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
31,311
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
28,018
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
11,773
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
71,559
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
8,835
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
10,794
17.516 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
15,000
17.681 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swap
Short
400,000
17.655 GBP



(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
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
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
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: 
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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:
29/07/2015
Contact name:
Kim Oakley
Telephone number:
0207 996 0275
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. 


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: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
BG Group PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
28/07/2015
(e) 
In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
YES 
If YES, specify which: 

(Royal Dutch Shell PLC) 
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 
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Purchase
500,869
10.355 GBP
10.225 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Sale
842,982
10.36 GBP
10.225 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
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
3920
10.286 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
62419
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
11758
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
4687
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
192780
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
75600
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
31620
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
21523
10.244 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
25000
10.267 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15053
10.281 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
15121
10.287 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
334
10.247 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
313839
10.295 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1280
10.294 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
313839
10.294 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
11380
10.298 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
11025
10.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Long
3571
10.304 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
11025
10.286 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
14951
10.293 GBP
Common - ISIN GB0008762899
Swaps
Short
1564
10.299 GBP
(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
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
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
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: 
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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:
29/07/2015
Contact name:
Kim Oakley
Telephone number:
0207 996 0275
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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