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    REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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    04/08/2015 12:00
    RNS Number : 0446V
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    04 August 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
    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: 
    03/08/2015
    (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
    990,009
    10.981 GBP
    10.8 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Sale
    956,485
    10.985 GBP
    10.805 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
    7,332
    10.981 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    3,619
    10.875 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,673
    10.89 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    15,990
    10.89 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    279,544
    10.896 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    13,205
    10.897 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    28,109
    10.913 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    625
    10.955 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,012
    10.942 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    2,147
    10.928 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Short
    25,555
    10.916 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    218
    10.878 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    22,534
    10.91 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    2,673
    10.886 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    279,544
    10.898 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    4,310
    10.898 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    1,561
    10.898 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    28,109
    10.91 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    12,885
    10.906 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB0008762899
    Swaps
    Long
    320
    10.91 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:
    04/08/2015
    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
    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: 
    03/08/2015
    (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
    837,055
    18.65 GBP
    18.4 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Sale
    889,019
    18.64 GBP
    18.44 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    1,215,571
    18.41 GBP
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Purchase
    664,798
    26.31 EUR
    26.05 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    1,270,106
    18.41 GBP
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Sale
    556,215
    26.3 EUR
    26.05 EUR

    (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
    9,685
    26.199 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    203
    26.231 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,958
    26.285 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,191
    26.246 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    131
    26.246 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    346,139
    26.198 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1,600
    26.217 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    944
    26.236 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    631
    26.229 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    370
    26.243 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    281
    26.229 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    66
    26.243 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    10,650
    18.331 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    1
    18.331 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    12,751
    18.337 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    748
    18.376 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    504
    18.376 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,180
    18.37 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    659,811
    18.332 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    15
    18.332 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    15,181
    18.339 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    9,374
    18.339 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    3,251
    18.326 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    2,161
    18.366 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    475
    18.359 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    415
    18.364 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    507
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    23
    18.26 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    136
    18.318 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Long
    6,009
    18.345 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    548
    26.26 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    837
    26.22 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    63,122
    26.197 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    442
    26.18 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,958
    26.18 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    13,141
    26.18 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    91
    26.165 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    100
    26.275 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,091
    26.165 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    346,139
    26.196 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,415
    26.229 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,071
    26.27 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    8,755
    26.26 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    62,627
    26.259 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    651
    26.211 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,717
    18.352 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    454
    18.366 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    871
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    1,030
    18.342 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    3,180
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    9,119
    18.31 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,256
    18.33 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    659,811
    18.33 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    9,374
    18.312 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    18,432
    18.333 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    133
    18.261 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    346
    18.371 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    347
    18.261 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Swaps
    Short
    2,554
    18.305 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    18,102
    18.556 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    2,789
    18.554 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,416
    18.554 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    361
    18.554 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,630
    18.535 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    475,875
    18.527 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    14,647
    18.542 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    10,147
    18.553 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,187
    18.553 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,760
    18.514 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    37,151
    18.514 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,097
    18.514 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Long
    1,197
    18.471 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    721
    18.534 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,565
    18.546 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,120
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    2,277
    18.557 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    361
    18.493 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    5
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    1,630
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    7,015
    18.497 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    475,875
    18.524 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    10,147
    18.545 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
    Swaps
    Short
    15,834
    18.536 GBP
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Futures
    Long 
    150,000
    1.56 EUR
    Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
    Futures
    Long
    150,000
    1.575 EUR



    (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:
    04/08/2015
    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. 

    This information is provided by RNS
    The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
      END
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