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RNS Number : 1883F
JPMorgan Securities Plc
10 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:
09 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
603,473
439,804
1,053,458
408,718
17.3481 GBP
24.5400 EUR
17.3850 GBP
24.5450 EUR
17.0048 GBP
24.0400 EUR
16.9800 GBP
24.0400 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
542,097
704,646
46
17.4500 GBP
17.4800 GBP
24.5600 EUR
17.0700 GBP
17.0700 GBP
24.3750 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 
286,400
16,459
143,607
2,243
43,895
52,011
500
19,224
22,000
72,565
7,590
49,665
336
10
120
98
305
1,025
74
5,607
451
17.1208 GBP
17.2017 GBP
17.2761 GBP
24.0382 EUR
24.3988 EUR
24.4642 EUR
24.5125 EUR
17.2088 GBP
17.3481 GBP
24.3429 EUR
24.3627 EUR
24.3933 EUR
24.4552 EUR
24.4688 EUR
24.4696 EUR
24.4725 EUR
24.4824 EUR
24.4836 EUR
24.4849 EUR
24.4959 EUR
24.4962 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 
400
9,623
71,752
71,753
22,270
33,555
46
1,135
72,244
17.1191 GBP
17.1404 GBP
17.4048 GBP
17.4125 GBP
17.4182 GBP
17.4214 GBP
24.4625 EUR
17.0700 GBP
17.2601 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:
10 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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