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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

5th Nov 2015 11:57

RNS Number : 7067E
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
05 November 2015
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITYRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoserelevant 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:

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

04/11/2015

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is theexempt principal trader making disclosures inrespect of any other party to this offer?If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES

If YES, specify which:

(BG Group PLC)

 

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 classof 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

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Purchase

3,121,793

18.02 GBP

17.67 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Sale

3,044,741

18.02 GBP

17.64 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Purchase

470

25.51 EUR

25.51 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Sale

470

25.51 EUR

25.51 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Purchase

1,885,074

17.94 GBP

17.56 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Purchase

1,812,975

25.51 EUR

24.98 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Sale

2,096,440

17.89 GBP

17.56 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Sale

1,932,892

25.51 EUR

24.98 EUR

(b)

 

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. CFD

Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

2,884

17.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

4,504

25.402 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

13,276

17.633 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

16,859

17.787 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

115

17.607 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

8,062

17.607 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

454

17.733 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

1,312

17.733 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

438

25.341 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

441

25.341 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

948

25.04 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

1,026

25.341 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

7,694

25.341 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

83

17.581 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

1,147

17.581 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

538

25.248 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

441,874

25.248 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

1,060,931

17.741 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

261

24.983 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

382

25.113 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

245

25.101 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

8,827

25.297 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

15,109

25.297 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

2,911

17.566 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

6,158

17.724 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

54,129

25.426 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Short

163

24.984 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

49

17.725 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

4,806

25.308 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

138

17.828 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

5,646

17.628 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

7,694

25.035 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

1,143

25.197 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

1,720

17.653 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

439,320

25.251 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

1,060,346

17.744 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

532

17.744 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

1,345

25.142 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

293

25.345 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

169

25.345 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

8,827

25.419 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

45,309

17.884 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

11,102

17.891 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

4,577

17.865 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

2,538

17.874 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

1,400

17.883 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

17,368

17.683 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

23,222

25.137 EUR

Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29

Swaps

Long

29,020

17.633 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

4,722

17.935 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

346

17.771 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

2,046

17.728 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

15,480

17.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

7,846

17.845 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

514

17.788 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

666

17.788 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

2,003

17.717 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

4,207

17.717 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

2,390

17.943 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

5,536

17.938 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

6,399

17.916 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

2,293

17.821 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

1,188,882

17.821 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

2,466

17.785 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Short

29,020

17.721 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

4,375

17.678 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

3,168

17.704 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

47

17.825 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

5,645

17.684 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

4,393

17.679 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

189

17.847 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

6,976

17.693 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

2,003

17.679 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

666

17.679 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

2,900

17.84 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

1,187,743

17.824 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

56

17.704 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

44

17.704 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

4,882

17.694 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408

Swaps

Long

1,179

17.7 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class ofrelevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number ofsecurities to which option relates

Exercise priceper unit

Typee.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Exercising/exercisedagainst

Number of securities

Exercise Price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

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: 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 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:

05/11/2015

Contact name:

Kim Oakley

Telephone number:

0207 996 0275

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory InformationService and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected].The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code'sdealing 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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