Director/PDMR Shareholding

BG GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PDMRS

Awards GRANTED under the BG Group plc Deferred Bonus Plan (DBP)

BG Group plc ("the Company") has today received notification from the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") that, on 18 March 2014, Deferred Share Awards ("Awards") in the form of nil cost options over ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") were granted to them under the rules of the DBP.

Details of these Awards are set out below.

1 The market price on the date of award was £10.86.

2 The excess of Annual Incentive Scheme (AIS) awards over 100% of base salary is automatically deferred for three years.

Under normal circumstances, the Awards will vest and become exercisable after the end of the deferral period which commenced on 18 March 2014.

Awards GRANTED under the BG Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2008 (LTIP)

BG Group plc (the "Company") has today received notification from Simon Lowth, Chief Financial Officer of the Company that, on 18 March 2014, he was granted the following award under the rules of the LTIP in the form of a nil cost option to acquire Shares in the Company: 

3 The market price on the date of award was £10.86.

The Performance Share Award was granted in connection with Mr Lowth's recruitment as Chief Financial Officer to honour the agreement (previously announced in December 2013) to compensate him for foregoing share awards from his previous employer.

Under normal circumstances, the Performance Share Award will not vest and become exercisable until after the end of the three-year vesting period which commenced on 11 December 2013 and the proportion of the Performance Share Award that will vest will be reduced by the proportion of the Performance Share Awards, granted to Mr Lowth on 11 December 2013 that vests. Following vesting, 50% of the net of tax number of vested Shares may not be sold by Mr Lowth for a further two years and those Shares will be held on trust on his behalf.

Awards VESTED under the BG Group plc Deferred Bonus Plan (DBP)

The Company has today received notification from a PDMR regarding the vesting of Awards under the DBP, following the conclusion of the three year deferral period. Mr Schatzman's award was granted in the form of a conditional award on 18 March 20114, it vested on 18 March 2014 and the resulting Shares were subsequently transferred to him.

The details of the vesting and disposal of BG Group plc Shares, in accordance with the rules of the DBP are set out below and include additional Shares in respect of dividends paid during the vesting period (Dividend Shares) and the sale of sufficient Shares to settle the income tax and social security withholding liabilities (together with the associated dealing costs) (Liabilities). The sale of Shares to cover the Liabilities was undertaken by the Company's Employee Share Trust on 18 March 2014 at a price of £10.845.

The Company was notified of these transactions on 19 March 2014, all of which took place on the London Stock Exchange on 18 March 2014.

4 The market price at the date of award, 18 March 2011, was £14.99.

5 The number of shares acquired and the subsequent total holding of Matt Schatzman following the above notification represents less than 0.01% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

These announcements are made pursuant to DTR 3.1.4.

19 March 2014

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