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01/09/2015 15:00

RNS Number : 7370X
GoldmanSachs International
01 September 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:
28 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
491,627
2,108,050
23.5200 EUR
17.0500 GBP
22.7650 EUR
16.5400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
2,127,635
363,996
5,285
17.0400 GBP
23.5150 EUR
25.7723 USD
16.5450 GBP
22.8450 EUR
24.7783 USD
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
2,109,344
3,669
17.1300 GBP
24.9191 USD
16.6450 GBP
24.9191 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,795,733
17.0800 GBP
16.6350 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
95,280
16.7298 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,760
16.7298 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
21,860
16.7298 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
80
16.9102 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
2,721
16.9135 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,725
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,725
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,725
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,025
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,417
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,025
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,025
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,725
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,025
16.9365 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
100
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
100
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
7,542
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,861
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,100
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
100
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
100
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
400
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
200
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
13,639
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
6,000
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
5,458
16.9534 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
334
22.8871 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
4,400
16.8040 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
51
16.8984 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
315
16.8984 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
3,669
24.7783 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
1,558
25.3437 USD
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
1,700
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
15,000
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
13,873
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
21
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,776
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,600
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
5,831
16.8499 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
27,873
16.9090 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
20,091
16.9090 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
15,301
16.9296 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
783
16.9434 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
149
16.9766 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
33,470
16.9790 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
219
16.9794 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
135
16.9794 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
107
16.9794 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
5,351
16.9955 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,053
16.9955 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
85
17.0650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
135
17.0650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
30
17.0650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
135
17.0650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
28,500
17.0684 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
6,840
16.9100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
3,370
16.9100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,390
16.9100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
2,780
16.9100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
3,669
24.9191 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








(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:
01 September 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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