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RNS Number : 0938A
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
24 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:
23 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
762,863
48.6400 USD
47.2800 USD
A ADSs
SALES
752,863
48.6400 USD
47.2800 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
423,475
48.8400 USD
47.5701 USD
B ADSs
SALES
423,475
48.8400 USD
47.5701 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
60,438
21.6100 EUR
21.4750 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
60,438
21.6100 EUR
21.4749 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
59,318
15.6894 GBP
15.4979 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
59,318
15.6893 GBP
15.4208 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
9,729
27.6982 USD
27.6982 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
9,729
27.6982 USD
27.6971 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
74,476
15.9996 GBP
15.6229 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
74,476
15.9200 GBP
15.5451 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 
26,100
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
3,600
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
56,400
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
55,600
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
56,400
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
55,600
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
3,600
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
26,100
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
2,800
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
20,700
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
44,000
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
44,700
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
112,200
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
299.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
141,700
45.0000
A
20/11/2015
160.0900 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
44,700
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
2,800
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
20,700
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 USD
A ADSs
PUT
SALE 
44,000
50.0000
A
16/10/2015
274.3500 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 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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