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RNS Number : 4990W
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
19 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
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: 
18/08/2015
(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
742,090
18.16 GBP
17.81 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
735,459
18.15 GBP
17.79 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,168,961
17.9 GBP
17.62 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,089,956
25.37 EUR
25.1 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,199,404
18 GBP
17.61 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,106,327
25.38 EUR
25.1 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
16,319
17.664 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
13
25.106 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,171
17.753 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
536
17.753 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
517
17.635 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,266
25.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
2,298
25.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
197
25.3 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
10,933
17.67 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8,616
17.67 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,431
17.67 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
434,701
25.196 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,257
25.196 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
856,414
17.719 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,155
17.719 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
12,483
17.728 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
9,184
17.686 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,335
17.686 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
232
25.382 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
190
25.344 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
21,111
17.726 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
500
25.1 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
6,003
25.164 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,243
17.692 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
566
17.641 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
719
25.155 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,298
25.155 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,431
17.716 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
8,850
17.715 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
399
25.193 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
434,701
25.193 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
169
17.717 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
856,414
17.717 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
9,184
17.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
13,818
17.723 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
30
17.642 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
105
17.642 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
20,329
17.734 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,122
18.144 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,082
17.852 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,016
17.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
11,851
17.888 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,700
17.832 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,854
17.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,125
17.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
21
17.823 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
499,473
17.905 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
503
17.905 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
9
18.145 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
14,225
17.973 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,285
17.973 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,725
17.917 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,160
17.816 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
932
17.888 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,483
17.888 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
147
17.818 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,760
17.939 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
3,854
17.9 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
501,527
17.903 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
9
18.155 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
9
17.827 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
211
17.827 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:
19/08/2015
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. 

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