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21/08/2015 11:00

RNS Number : 7496W
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
21 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. 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 dealing undertaken:
20 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
604,166
55.1600 USD
54.1900 USD
A ADSs
SALES
509,269
55.1600 USD
54.1900 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
219,615
55.3600 USD
54.3700 USD
B ADSs
SALES
219,615
55.3600 USD
54.3700 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
814,804
24.5319 EUR
24.3736 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
814,804
24.5318 EUR
24.3730 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
228,323
17.4730 GBP
17.2681 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
228,323
17.3962 GBP
17.2678 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
223,487
17.6185 GBP
17.4415 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
223,487
17.5300 GBP
17.3650 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
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A 
(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 
20,900
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
2,800
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
44,500
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
45,300
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
500
57.5000
A
15/01/2016
5.3000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
2,800
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
45,300
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
20,900
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
44,500
55.0000
A
21/08/2015
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
500
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.1000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
500
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.2500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
2,800
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.2500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
1,300
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.2500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
2,900
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.2500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
100
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
1.3000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
300
57.5000
A
21/08/2015
3.3000 USD
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
A ADSs
PUT
400
60.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
500
65.0000 USD
(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:
21 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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