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GoldmanSachs International
19 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:
18 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
574,254
901,453
25.3350 EUR
18.0000 GBP
25.0850 EUR
17.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
1,080,971
525,371
18.0000 GBP
25.3650 EUR
17.5906 GBP
25.0900 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
802,212
200
18.1400 GBP
25.3650 EUR
17.7800 GBP
25.3650 EUR
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
595,588
200
18.1734 GBP
25.3650 EUR
17.7900 GBP
25.3650 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,206
17.6200 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
1,206
17.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,397
17.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,562
17.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,914
17.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
17.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
11,025
17.6650 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
7,542
17.6749 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
13,708
25.2627 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Exercising
9,200
25.1300 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Call Option
Selling
9,200
25.1300 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 short position
547
17.7900 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
48
17.8068 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
65
17.8232 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
16
17.8232 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,927
17.8232 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,760
17.8250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,927
17.8250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
107
17.8250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
547
17.8250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,978
17.8424 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,100
17.8593 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
864
17.9255 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
194
17.9255 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
13,472
17.9255 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
11,555
17.9317 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
5,410
17.8939 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
2,200
17.8939 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,220
17.8939 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
500
17.8939 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
85,253
17.9905 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
38,733
17.9905 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
60 (6,000)
23.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
0.8800 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Put Option / (1.00 : 100.00)
Purchasing
140 (14,000)
23.0000 EUR
AMERICAN
18/03/2016
0.8800 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:
19 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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