REG - Morgan Stanley&CoLLC BG Group Royal Dutch Shell - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)Royal Dutch Shell Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 7233HMorgan Stanley & Co. LLC02 December 2015FORM 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:
01 DECEMBER 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
501,716
50.2331 USD
49.8100 USD
A ADSs
SALES
501,716
50.2600 USD
49.8100 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
123,037
50.6100 USD
50.1144 USD
B ADSs
SALES
123,037
50.6100 USD
50.1144 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
34,074
23.6799 EUR
23.4950 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
34,074
23.6778 EUR
23.4950 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
17,865
16.6215 GBP
16.4400 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
17,865
16.5550 GBP
16.4398 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
6,973
16.6830 GBP
16.5950 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
6,973
16.6047 GBP
16.5936 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
500
52.5000
A
18/12/2015
0.2800 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE
500
55.0000
A
15/04/2016
0.9500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE
100
55.0000
A
15/04/2016
0.9500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE
200
60.0000
A
15/01/2016
0.1000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE
100
60.0000
A
15/01/2016
0.1000 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:
02 DECEMBER 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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