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RNS Number : 4545G
JPMorgan Securities Plc
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:
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:
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 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
3,668,239
863,339
994,506
645,179
16.8900 GBP
24.2000 EUR
16.8900 GBP
24.1352 EUR
16.5650 GBP
23.7250 EUR
16.5550 GBP
23.7850 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
549,364
31
516,180
17.0650 GBP
24.4500 EUR
17.0600 GBP
16.7250 GBP
24.4500 EUR
16.7150 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
Ordinary A Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short 
30,815
23,223
2,389,000
2,022
801,278
16,312
17,600
504
6,228
160
46
615
4,289
343
3,454
281
3,002
37,415
4,144
331
114
1,656
1,513
140
7,713
2,068
30,000
187
8,887
20,145
623
7,784
50,000
12,261
1,481
4,840
6,046
9,355
16.6344 GBP
16.6830 GBP
16.5650 GBP
16.6441 GBP
16.6600 GBP
16.7417 GBP
16.7659 GBP
23.8207 EUR
23.8209 EUR
23.8224 EUR
23.8250 EUR
23.8265 EUR
23.8461 EUR
23.8475 EUR
23.8585 EUR
23.8615 EUR
23.8661 EUR
23.8664 EUR
23.8718 EUR
23.8722 EUR
23.8859 EUR
23.8884 EUR
23.8904 EUR
23.8924 EUR
23.9068 EUR
23.9215 EUR
23.9295 EUR
23.9300 EUR
23.9359 EUR
23.9444 EUR
23.9485 EUR
23.9488 EUR
23.9492 EUR
23.9528 EUR
23.9575 EUR
23.9917 EUR
24.0554 EUR
24.1532 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 
600
14,120
25,345
10,000
8,538
1,546
2
858
287
26
702
15,878
3,655
9,475
31
16.8005 GBP
16.8195 GBP
16.8847 GBP
17.0030 GBP
16.7446 GBP
16.7492 GBP
16.7517 GBP
16.7534 GBP
16.7616 GBP
16.7634 GBP
16.7647 GBP
16.7804 GBP
16.8150 GBP
16.8543 GBP
24.4518 EUR
(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:
20 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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