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RNS Number : 8092Z
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
22 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. 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 SEPTEMBER 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
582,412
49.5500 USD
49.1800 USD
A ADSs
SALES
539,992
49.5400 USD
49.1800 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
156,253
50.0200 USD
49.4700 USD
B ADSs
SALES
156,253
50.0200 USD
49.4600 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
93
22.0850 EUR
22.0850 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
93
22.0850 EUR
22.0850 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
386,732
15.9105 GBP
15.7971 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
386,732
15.9105 GBP
15.7650 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
273,843
16.0400 GBP
15.9393 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
273,843
16.0242 GBP
15.8600 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 
100
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
1.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,800
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
100
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
4,900
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,800
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
5,200
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,100
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,000
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
7,500
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
16,300
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
16,100
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
68,900
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
340.5100 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
1,800
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
2.1000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
40,900
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
16,100
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
1,000
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
7,500
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
16,300
47.5000
A
20/11/2015
211.9000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
27,500
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
12,700
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
27,000
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,700
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
12,700
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
27,000
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
27,500
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
1,700
52.5000
A
16/10/2015
327.0000 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:
22 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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