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RNS Number : 6126H
State Street Global Advisors
01 December 2015
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
StateStreet GlobalAdvisors&Affiliates
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
BG Group Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
30-Nov-2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES / NO / N/A
If YES, specify which:
YES - Royal Dutch Shell Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
10p ordinary -91,088,829 Shares
ADR - 4,050 Shares (1 ADR = 1 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
91,092,879
2.66520%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
91,092,879
2.66520%


The change in the holding of 5,579 shares since the last disclosure for dealing 27 Nov 2015 is due to the transfer in of a discretionary holding.
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ordinary
Purchase
768
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
1,793
GBP 10.315003
Ordinary
Purchase
140
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
3,906
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
21,036
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
7,168
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
408
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
2,392
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Purchase
825
GBP 10.315006
Ordinary
Purchase
353
GBP 10.315014
Ordinary
Purchase
2,423
GBP 10.315002
Ordinary
Purchase
825
GBP 10.315006
Ordinary
Purchase
353
GBP 10.315014
Ordinary
Sale
9,567
GBP 10.315001
Ordinary
Sale
2,301
GBP 10.315002
Ordinary
Sale
10,039
GBP 10.3309
Ordinary
Sale
5,686
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
5,722
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
9,697
GBP 10.315001
Ordinary
Sale
39,648
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
2,671
GBP 10.330899
Ordinary
Sale
2,491
GBP 10.331
Ordinary
Sale
755
GBP 10.315007
Ordinary
Sale
1,415
GBP 10.330898
Ordinary
Sale
10,099
GBP 1031.4627
Ordinary
Sale
1,482
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
4,886
GBP 10.331001
Ordinary
Sale
42,400
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
10,628
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
7,211
GBP 10.3309
Ordinary
Sale
1,499
GBP 10.330901
Ordinary
Sale
108
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
835
GBP 10.331006
Ordinary
Sale
253
GBP 10.31502
Ordinary
Sale
3,717
GBP 10.346901
Ordinary
Sale
30,909
GBP 10.331
Ordinary
Sale
9,374
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
40,369
GBP 10.3469
Ordinary
Sale
3,764
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
12,411
GBP 10.331
Ordinary
Sale
29,410
GBP 10.3312
Ordinary
Sale
14,871
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
49,035
GBP 10.331
Ordinary
Sale
263
GBP 10.315019
Ordinary
Sale
867
GBP 10.331003
Ordinary
Sale
38
GBP 10.315
Ordinary
Sale
124
GBP 10.330968
Ordinary
Sale
19,700
GBP 10.315
(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




(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








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit




(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)



4. 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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 person 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
 No
Date of disclosure:
01-Dec -2015
Contact name:
Chetan Shah
Telephone number:
020 3395 6564
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 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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