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RNS Number : 8741W
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
24 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:
Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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:
21 AUGUST 2015
(e)Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
Yes
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
A ADSs
PURCHASES
375,000
54.4497 USD
54.0729 USD
A ADSs
SALES
375,000
53.5400 USD
53.5400 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
5,000
53.1322 USD
53.1322 USD
B ADSs
SALES
5,000
53.1322 USD
53.1322 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
3,493,302
27.0000 EUR
23.4150 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
3,501,774
27.0000 EUR
23.4200 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
1,200,490
17.3400 GBP
16.8550 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
1,366,696
17.3500 GBP
16.8450 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
750,000
26.7872 USD
26.7872 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
5,525
24.3200 EUR
23.8900 EUR
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
5,566
24.4100 EUR
23.9896 EUR
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
2,269,468
17.4600 GBP
16.9250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
1,594,527
18.0000 GBP
16.9250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
68,041
26.8328 USD
26.8328 USD
(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
B ADSs
CFD
SHORT
25
53.7200 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
15,455
23.4500 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,055
23.7589 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
28
23.7589 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
82,116
23.8878 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
71
23.9945 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
515,354
23.9945 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
12,300
24.1867 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,624
23.4500 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
714
23.4800 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
34,900
23.6190 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
19,557
23.6910 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,755
23.7653 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,598
23.7664 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
953
23.8063 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,131
23.8063 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,920
23.8063 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
319,240
23.8512 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,000
23.8972 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,920
23.9063 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,399
23.9063 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,886
23.9904 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
515,354
23.9904 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
28
24.1289 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
286
24.1289 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
464
16.8600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
97
16.8600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,052
16.8600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
10,000
16.8600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
187
16.8600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
5,871
17.0191 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
560
17.0570 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
10,423
17.0570 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,336
17.0570 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
46,111
17.0910 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
74,054
17.0910 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
47,947
17.1541 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
686
17.3100 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,348
16.8607 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
329
17.0258 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,116
17.0258 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
784
17.0258 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
51,666
17.1092 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
21,175
17.1125 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
431
17.2800 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
321
17.0240 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
924
17.0600 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
75,142
17.1089 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
371
17.1188 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
156
17.1188 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,898
17.1188 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
21,305
17.1774 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
51,330
17.1774 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,386
17.1795 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
33,502
17.2519 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
5,804
17.2610 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
159
17.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
LONG
204
17.4798 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,000
16.9250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,516
16.9282 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
21,305
16.9282 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
467,670
17.0102 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
327
17.0250 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
29,900
17.0581 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
725
17.1373 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
304
17.1373 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
5,654
17.1373 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
289,510
17.1585 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
39,039
17.1748 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,522
17.1980 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
530
17.2173 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
950
17.2173 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
280
17.2173 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,000
17.2330 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
SHORT
137,466
17.4040 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
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
114,500
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
30,500
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
65,900
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
64,800
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
4,100
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
165,300
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PUT
PURCHASE 
70,000
16.0000
E
20/11/2015
0.4749 GBP
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
44,900
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
45,600
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
2,900
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
21,100
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
84,000
19.0000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CALL
175,400
26.0000 EUR
(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)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.
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:
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:
24 AUGUST 2015
Contact name:
Craig Horsley 
Telephone number:
+44(141) 245 7736
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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