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GoldmanSachs International
17 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:
14 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
517,679
291,078
18.2450 GBP
25.6050 EUR
17.9450 GBP
25.3000 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
2,168,307
612,628
25.6100 EUR
18.2450 GBP
25.3000 EUR
17.9600 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
427,840
18.3450 GBP
18.0950 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
336,179
18.3062 GBP
18.1000 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
Reducing a short position
496
17.9700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,034
17.9700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
400
18.0068 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
4,397
18.0996 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,034
18.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
35,200
25.4190 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
1,500,000
25.4000 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,500,000
25.4000 EUR
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
Opening a long position
106
18.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
16
18.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,098
18.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,029
18.1400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
369
18.1427 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,276
18.1512 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
2,000
18.1522 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,700
18.1554 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
17,574
18.1679 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,530
18.1685 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,098
18.1875 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,144
18.1923 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,760
18.2429 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,029
18.2650 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








(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:
17 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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