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RNS Number : 8746W
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
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. 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:
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
1,428,105
54.1868 USD
52.4400 USD
A ADSs
SALES
1,355,094
54.4497 USD
52.4400 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
267,878
54.1800 USD
52.5300 USD
B ADSs
SALES
267,878
54.1800 USD
52.5300 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
42,258
24.2585 EUR
23.8984 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
42,258
24.2584 EUR
23.8983 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
37,220
17.2860 GBP
17.1355 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
37,220
17.2000 GBP
17.0500 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
188,372
17.3669 GBP
17.0096 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
188,372
17.2812 GBP
16.9250 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
CALL
PURCHASE 
400
60.0000
A
15/01/2016
0.6900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
165,300
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 
30,500
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
PURCHASE 
64,800
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
70.0000
A
15/01/2016
0.2000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
114,500
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
4,100
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
64,800
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
65,900
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
30,500
57.5000
A
18/09/2015
4.2549 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
600
62.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.4000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
800
62.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.4000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
800
55.0000
A
18/09/2015
0.6000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
2,900
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
21,100
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
45,600
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
44,900
55.0000
A
16/10/2015
3.1689 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
400
62.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.4200 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
52.5000
A
15/01/2016
3.4000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
44,900
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
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
45,600
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
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:
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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