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RNS Number : 3383X
State Street Global Advisors
27 August 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
Royal Dutch Shell 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
26-Aug-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 - BG Group 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:
EUR 0.07 A ordinary - 113,063,067 Shares
ADR - 4,907 Shares (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
113,072,881
2.88597%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,395 
0.00072%


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




 TOTAL:
113,101,276
2.88670%


The change in the holding of 71,373 shares since the last disclosure for dealing 25 Aug 2015 is due to the transfer in of a discretionary holding.
Class of relevant security:
EUR 0.07 B ordinary - 69,526,885 Shares
ADR - 1,120 Shares (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
69,529,125
2.84907%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
69,632
0.00285%


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




 TOTAL:
69,598,757
2.85193%


The change in the holding of 8,840 shares since the last disclosure for dealing 25 Aug 2015 is due to the transfer out 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
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchase
4,104
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchase
1,251
GBP 15.951399
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchase
3,101
GBP 15.995401
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchase
8,000
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchase
647
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
12,263
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
14,782
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
651
GBP 16.005008
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
3,250
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
1,329
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
1,601
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
9,300
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sale
5,059
GBP 15.75
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchase
896
GBP 16.073895
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchase
2,532
GBP 16.11
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchase
999
GBP 16.11
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchase
1,886
GBP 15.855
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchase
467
GBP 15.855011
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sale
12,761
GBP 15.855
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sale
2,586
GBP 15.855
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sale
12,586
GBP 15.855
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sale
2,120
GBP 15.855
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sale
5,828
GBP 15.855
 
(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:
27-Aug-2015
Contact name:
Chetan Shah
Telephone number:
020 395 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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