BG Group - Retirement of Non-Exec Director

23 March 2011

BG Group announces retirement of Non-Executive Director

BG Group today announced that Lord Sharman will be retiring from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 May 2011.

Commenting, BG Group's Chairman, Sir Robert Wilson said:

"I would like to express the Board's thanks and appreciation for Lord Sharman's support and advice over the past ten years. We have benefited greatly from his important contribution."

Lord Sharman, 68, joined the Board in October 2000 and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee until December 2010, when he was succeeded by Mark Seligman.

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BG Group

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