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04/09/2015 11:53

RNS Number : 1381Y
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
04 September 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: 
03/09/2015
(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
3,940,563
16.83 GBP
16.54 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Sale
2,927,725
16.84 GBP
16.55 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
2,109,918
16.71 GBP
16.46 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Purchase
1,526,115
23.23 EUR
22.59 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
2,233,416
16.73 GBP
16.46 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Sale
1,634,616
23.21 EUR
22.61 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
702
22.748 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
615
22.748 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
591
22.855 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
6,878
22.752 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,063
22.752 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,266
22.712 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
8,116
22.72 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
20
23.102 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
3,298
22.795 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
122
22.675 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1
22.675 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,154,302
22.857 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,494
22.857 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
462
22.857 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
434
22.712 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
35
22.749 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
302
23.089 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
301
22.789 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
10,123
22.827 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,877
22.827 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
11,882
16.561 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
68,834
16.544 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,937
16.559 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
277
16.475 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
17,045
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
345
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
16
16.525 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1,749,779
16.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
15,445
16.554 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
14,581
16.574 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
4,350
16.554 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
243
16.514 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
363
16.524 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
299
16.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
200
16.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
115
16.564 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
5,070
16.559 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
244
16.498 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
1
16.498 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Long
80,172
16.488 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,524
22.649 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,774
22.95 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,536
22.95 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
122
22.68 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,154,302
22.854 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,760
22.863 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
842
22.833 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
96
23.017 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
151
23.056 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
205
23.056 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
302
23.017 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
410
22.876 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
492
23.017 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
12,500
22.702 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
100,000
22.917 EUR
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,570
16.692 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,006
16.596 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
12,490
16.503 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,426
16.558 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
3,014
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
277
16.53 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,108
16.53 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
16
16.593 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
659
16.593 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
17,045
16.593 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
663
16.562 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
2,735
16.562 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
1,749,779
16.562 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
4,350
16.555 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
14,581
16.555 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
15,445
16.54 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
84
16.746 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
188
16.591 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
279
16.591 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
299
16.746 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
8
16.597 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
117
16.597 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Swaps
Short
12,413
16.663 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
14,281
16.668 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
12,440
16.632 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
3,712
16.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
502
16.684 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,198
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
14,770
16.682 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,865,166
16.688 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
1,038
16.688 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
2,300
16.759 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
576
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
353
16.754 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
231
16.794 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
213
16.588 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
203
16.794 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
178
16.614 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
128
16.614 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Long
62
16.709 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,629
16.775 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,172
16.742 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,043
16.677 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
7,658
16.737 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
12,664
16.737 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
391
16.685 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
502
16.685 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
4,918
16.685 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,613
16.673 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
4,695
16.673 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
333,200
16.645 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
646,800
16.645 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
2,497
16.679 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
12,871
16.679 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
217
16.675 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
1,866,892
16.686 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
178
16.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
203
16.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
343
16.806 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
353
16.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408
Swaps
Short
156
16.677 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29
Futures
Long
400,000
1.5 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:
04/09/2015
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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