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RNS Number : 1478X
JPMorgan Securities Plc
26 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:
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
(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:
24 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 this offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes
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
Ordinary A Shares
Purchases
Sales
235,255
858,746
350,627
746,545
16.5450 GBP
22.7550 EUR
16.5450 GBP
22.7000 EUR
15.5950 GBP
20.9600 EUR
15.4550 GBP
20.9750 EUR
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Purchases
Sales
308,377
709,476
16.6475
16.6350
15.5300
15.5150
(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
Ordinary A Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short 
35,849
28,014
22,823
1,251
199
3,661
290
4,190
15.9116 GBP
22.0923 EUR
15.9489 GBP
16.0623 GBP
21.1833 EUR
21.2817 EUR
21.2818 EUR
21.8545 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
(GBP)
Ordinary B Shares
Equity Swaps
Long 
Short 
31,440
15,500
11,910
89,080
19,606
10,000
50,000
7,510
15.8600 GBP
15.9498 GBP
15.9848 GBP
16.0186 GBP
16.0881 GBP
16.1524 GBP
16.5627 GBP
16.1276 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 (GBP)
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(GBP)





(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) 
(GBP)



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:
26 August 2015
Contact name:
Jasper Niesing
Telephone number:
020 7742 4613
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 dealing 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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