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RNS Number : 4498V
GoldmanSachs International
07 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:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:
BG GROUP PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
06 August 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 the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES - disclosed previously for 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchases
2,261,909
398,395
26.7600 EUR
18.7400 GBP
26.4050 EUR
18.4650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
348,642
1,965,164
26.7500 EUR
18.7500 GBP
26.4100 EUR
18.4300 GBP
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchases
1,031,940
18.8750 GBP
18.5349 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,373,709
18.8950 GBP
18.6150 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
536
18.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
955
18.7350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
536
18.7350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
9,573
26.5931 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
437
26.7330 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
1,200
26.6750 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
1,200
26.6750 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a short position
18,549
18.5785 GBP
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
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
16,484
18.6635 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
7,455
18.6697 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
4,138
18.6697 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,326
18.6698 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,388
18.6698 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,158
18.6728 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,800
18.6765 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
362
18.7383 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
223
18.7383 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,972
18.7583 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
12,025
18.7617 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
57
18.7650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
17
18.7650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,800
18.7915 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
532
18.8050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
138,243
18.8154 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
980
18.8395 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
532
18.8500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
112
18.8500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
52
18.8650 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
2,500 (250,000)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.2900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
500 (50,000)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.2900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
3,000 (300,000)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.2900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
500 (50,000)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.2900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
1,000 (100,000)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
2.2900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Selling
5 (500)
27.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/09/2015
1.1700 EUR
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising / exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit





(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)



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:
07 August 2015
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
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 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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