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RNS Number : 4681G
GoldmanSachs International
20 November 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:
19 November 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
1,444,674
1,099,113
24.2200 EUR
16.9000 GBP
23.7300 EUR
16.3653 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
1,909,412
429,556
89,080
24.2200 EUR
16.8950 GBP
25.3982 USD
23.7400 EUR
16.5450 GBP
25.3982 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
2,130,559
17.0550 GBP
16.6519 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,040,228
17.0700 GBP
16.7050 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
Increasing a short position
75,000
16.5746 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
100
16.6150 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.6150 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
100,000
16.6205 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.6250 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.6350 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
9,714
16.6369 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.6600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.6850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.6950 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.7100 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.7300 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
8,400
16.7338 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.7700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.7850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.7950 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
23,205
16.8068 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,686
16.8068 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
19,720
16.8068 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,291
16.8068 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.8300 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
100
16.8850 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,373
23.8302 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
100,000
23.8663 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
39,616
23.8210 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
23,284
24.0611 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
Reducing a short position
4,110
16.7476 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.7750 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
9,063
16.7895 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,511
16.7957 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
3,400
16.8110 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
497
16.8150 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
590
16.8150 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
140
16.8150 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.8350 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,287
16.8422 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
91
16.8505 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
56
16.8505 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
732
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
328
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
486
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,947
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
9,737
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,721
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
13,182
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,765
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
5,299
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
10,520
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,025
16.8569 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.8850 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
590
16.9050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.9300 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.9750 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
16.9950 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
17.0050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
100
17.0200 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
211
17.0500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
51,604
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
243,685
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
134,905
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
28,568
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
2,064
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Reducing a long position
1,143
16.9146 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
78,820
17.0049 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:
20 November 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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