REG-Form 8.3 - Royal Dutch Shell Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:                                                                Davidson Kempner European Partners, LLP  
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                                                                      
   The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient                                                                                                                     
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:                                                 Royal Dutch Shell Plc                    
   Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                                                                                   
 (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:                                                                                              24 August 2015                           
 (f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  YES, BG Group Plc                        
 
 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:                                  Ordinary 10.45p            
                                                     Interests       Short positions     
                                                   Number    %       Number        %     
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                        
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                            -15,289,195   -0.24%   
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                            
 TOTAL:                                                           -15,289,195   -0.24%   
 
 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant
securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive
options) 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:     
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:    
 
 
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.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
 
 
(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description                                     Nature of dealing                                    Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
                                   e.g. CFD        e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position                                                  
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                             1,219,581                       GBP 16.1820     
 EUR 0.07 A ordinary         CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                             761,232                         GBP 16.1051     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                             112,676                         GBP 16.4082     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                             222,700                         GBP 16.4350     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                             200,430                         GBP 16.4349     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                  decreasing a short position                                                             761,121                         GBP 16.1818     
 EUR 0.07 B ordinary         CFD                  decreasing a short position                                                             1,219,581                       GBP 16.2619     
 
 
(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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              Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                       e.g. American, European etc.                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
(ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                               e.g. call option                                                  
                                                                                                 
 
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing        Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  
                              e.g. subscription, conversion                                           
                                                                                                      
 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:  
 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 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"                                                                           
 NONE                                                                                                                                                    
 
 
(c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  NO  
 
 
 Date of disclosure:  25 August 2015        
 Contact name:        Safraz Zavahir        
 Telephone number:    +44 (0) 20 7292 6764  
 
 
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
mailto: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
http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .



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Source: Davidson Kempner European Partners LLP via Globenewswire


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