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RNS Number : 6739X
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
01 September 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:
31 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
B ADSs
PURCHASES
140
52.8400 USD
52.8400 USD
B ADSs
SALES
140
52.8400 USD
52.8400 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
1,084,057
23.3200 EUR
22.8600 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
801,638
23.3150 EUR
22.8600 EUR
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
13
23.6500 EUR
23.6500 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,800
23.0249 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
379,854
23.0681 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
20,000
23.0743 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
39,296
23.0766 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
20,973
23.1122 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
300
23.2000 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,374
23.2800 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
835
23.3000 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,710
23.3150 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
LONG
4,480
23.3150 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
167,038
23.0206 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
8,281
23.0346 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
13,862
23.0535 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
63,800
23.0594 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
58,000
23.0603 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
832
23.0671 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,900
23.0791 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,175
23.0793 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
445,561
23.0885 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,012
23.0983 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
14,713
23.1130 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
163
23.1950 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
SHORT
835
23.2800 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
Type e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A 
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A 
(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:
01 SEPTEMBER 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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