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RNS Number : 3624E
JPMorgan Securities Plc
03 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:
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:
02 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 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
316,962
819,502
522,614
474,057
17.1000 GBP
24.0900 EUR
17.0950 GBP
24.0762 EUR
16.7450 GBP
23.6300 EUR
16.7650 GBP
23.6200 EUR
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary B Shares
Purchases 
Sales
670,668
800
510,016
868
17.1800 GBP
23.8700 EUR
17.1900 GBP
23.8700 EUR
16.8350 GBP
23.8700 EUR
16.8150 GBP
23.8700 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
Ordinary A Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short 
4,450
144,791
60,600
20,038
4,970
2,122
1,146
4,988
54,260
2,891
364
19,155
332
10,037
291,000
349
5,000
2,542
419
409
32,894
919
951
936
34,710
16.7993 GBP
16.8400 GBP
16.8406 GBP
16.8580 GBP
16.9125 GBP
17.0633 GBP
17.0700 GBP
23.7217 EUR
23.7919 EUR
24.0282 EUR
16.7618 GBP
16.7686 GBP
16.7726 GBP
16.9141 GBP
23.6300 EUR
23.6801 EUR
23.7047 EUR
23.7181 EUR
23.7265 EUR
23.7272 EUR
23.7440 EUR
23.7461 EUR
23.7605 EUR
23.7799 EUR
23.8193 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
Ordinary B Shares
Equity Swap
Long 
Short 
2,200
22,270
4,206
59,133
68
403
387
181
353
73
60,600
12,740
4,958
12,645
100
20,305
16.8366 GBP
16.8831 GBP
16.9102 GBP
17.0173 GBP
23.8682
16.8350 GBP
16.8545 GBP
16.8569 GBP
16.8716 GBP
16.8717 GBP
16.9155 GBP
16.9377 GBP
16.9383 GBP
16.9577 GBP
17.1529 GBP
17.1702 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 (EUR)
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR)
Ordinary A Shares







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)
Ordinary B Shares







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




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




(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:
03 November 2015
Contact name:
Tung Le
Telephone number:
020 7742 7272
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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