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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
16 December 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:
15 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
1,252,644
44.9800 USD
44.4400 USD
A ADSs
SALES
1,264,496
44.9800 USD
44.4400 USD
B ADSs
PURCHASES
335,251
45.2300 USD
44.6700 USD
B ADSs
SALES
338,034
45.2600 USD
44.6700 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
360,179
20.3700 EUR
20.2250 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
360,179
20.3700 EUR
20.2250 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
52,143
14.6955 GBP
14.3812 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
52,143
14.6348 GBP
14.3700 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
PURCHASES
1,978
22.2267 USD
22.2267 USD
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SALES
1,978
22.2259 USD
22.2259 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
PURCHASES
27,229
14.7350 GBP
14.5977 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SALES
27,229
14.7348 GBP
14.5250 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 
1,300
47.5000
A
15/01/2016
0.6000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
PURCHASE 
100
45.0000
A
18/12/2015
0.6200 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
60,000
37.5000
A
15/07/2016
1.7300 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
600
45.0000
A
20/01/2017
6.4000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,100
65.0000
A
19/01/2018
25.0000 USD
A ADSs
PUT
PURCHASE 
1,100
65.0000
A
19/01/2018
25.0000 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
100
55.0000
A
15/01/2016
0.2500 USD
A ADSs
CALL
SALE 
500
50.0000
A
20/01/2017
2.2000 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:
16 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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