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RNS Number : 0424W
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
13 August 2015 
 
Amendment (2a) 
 
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) 
 
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN 
 
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR
WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE) 
 
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                      Morgan Stanley & Co LLC  
 (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 position held/dealing undertaken:                                                                                                20 April 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.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
 
(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the
offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if
any) 
 
 Class of relevant security:                       A ADS      
                                                   Interests  Short positions  
 Number                                            %          Number           %  
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:  0          0.00             0  0.00  
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                                                  
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                           
 TOTAL:                                            0          0.00             0  0.00  
 
 
 Class of relevant security:                       B ADS      
                                                   Interests  Short positions  
 Number                                            %          Number           %  
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:  0          0.00             0  0.00  
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                                                  
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                           
 TOTAL:                                            0          0.00             0  0.00  
 
 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. 
 
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase
or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions). 
 
(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and
other executive options) 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:     
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:    
 
 
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security. 
 
3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
 
(a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant Securities  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit(EUR)  
 N/A                           N/A            N/A                   N/A                  
 
 
(b)       Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. CFD  Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
 N/A                         N/A                          N/A                                                                                                     N/A                             N/A             
 
 
(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
(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  Typee.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)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.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 dealinge.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 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. 
 
4.         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"  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 
 
(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"  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
(c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  NO  
 
 
 Date of disclosure:  13 August 2015     
 Contact name:        Craig Horsley      
 Telephone number:    +44(141) 245 7736  
 
 
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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