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RNS Number : 8338V
GoldmanSachs International
12 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:
11 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
994,972
766,911
18.9300 GBP
26.8650 EUR
18.6450 GBP
25.3166 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
1,253,800
496,690
18.9300 GBP
26.8500 EUR
18.6500 GBP
26.4300 EUR
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
1,243,028
19.0650 GBP
18.7554 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,679,138
5,828
19.1151 GBP
29.2629 USD
18.7650 GBP
29.2629 USD
(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
Reducing a short position
545
18.6700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
130,710
18.6714 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
9,290
18.6714 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
30,310
18.6714 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
18.7100 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,574
18.7166 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,574
18.7527 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.7675 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
1,200
26.6600 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
1,200
26.6600 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
10,000
18.7164 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
15,000
18.7796 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 long position
274
18.7857 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
724
18.7857 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,596
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,116
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,915
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,304
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,399
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,814
18.8176 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,546
18.8305 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
18,632
18.8371 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
67,001
18.8536 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,546
18.8603 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
9,373
18.8665 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,262
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,400
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
59,871
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,970
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
21,504
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
20,000
18.8874 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,069
18.8919 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
357
18.8931 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
219
18.8931 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
6,464
18.9355 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
3,588
18.9355 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,052
19.0125 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
44,540
18.8087 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
10,000
18.8201 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
200
18.8391 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
15,000
18.8981 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
2,200
18.9250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
34,003
19.0157 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
15,449
19.0157 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
5,828
29.2629 USD
(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
3,500 (350,000)
26.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
1.5900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
1,000 (100,000)
26.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
1.5900 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
250 (25,000)
26.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
1.5900 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:
12 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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