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FORM 8 (OPD) 
 
           PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER 
 
              Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
1. KEY INFORMATION 
 
(a) Full name of discloser:                     Royal Dutch Shell plc 
 
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short  N/A 
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 offeree in relation to whose        BG Group plc 
relevant securities this form relates: 
 
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
 
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the         OFFEROR 
offeree? 
 
(e) Date position held:                         17 April 2015 
 
The latest practicable date prior to the 
disclosure 
 
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above,   YES 
is the discloser making disclosures in respect 
of any other party to the offer?                If YES, specify which: Royal 
                                                Dutch Shell plc 
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, 
state "N/A" 
 
2. POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER 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 
 
Class of relevant security:       Ordinary shares [1] 
 
                         Interests            Short positions 
 
 
                   Number         %           Number          % 
 
(1) Relevant        Nil           0             Nil           0 
securities owned 
and/or controlled: 
 
(2) Cash-settled d  Nil           0             Nil           0 
erivatives: 
 
(3) Stock-settled   Nil           0             Nil           0 
derivatives 
(including options) 
and agreements to 
purchase/sell: 
 
TOTAL:              Nil           0             Nil           0 
 
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 Form 8 (Open Positions). 
 
[1] Percentage calculations are based on the total voting rights in BG Group plc 
being 3,414,579,545. 
 
 
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial 
collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL). 
 
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities 
 
Class of relevant security in relation N/A 
to which subscription right exists: 
 
Details, including nature of the       N/A 
rights concerned and relevant 
percentages: 
 
3. POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING 
THE DISCLOSURE 
 
Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including 
directors' and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with 
the party to the offer making the disclosure: 
 
(A) Interests held by directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc and their close 
relatives and related trusts 
 
Class of relevant security 
 
                 Ordinary shares     % 
 
Guy Elliott            108        0.000003 
 
Euleen Goh           6,500        0.000190 
 
Sir Nigel Sheinwald    280        0.000008 
 
(B) Interests held by other presumed concert parties of Royal Dutch Shell plc 
 
 
Class of relevant security 
 
                                   Ordinary shares            % 
 
Shell Asset Management Company B.V.   2,365,904 [2]       0.069288 
 
Merrill Lynch International                 871           0.000026 
 
 
[2] Shell Asset Management Company B.V. does not have discretion regarding voting 
decisions in respect of these 2,365,904 shares. 
 
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 Form 8 (Open Positions). 
 
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial 
collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL). 
 
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 party to the 
offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it: 
 
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 party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in 
concert with it, 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 
 
Are any Supplemental Forms attached? 
 
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)                                  NO 
 
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)                                             NO 
 
Date of disclosure:                     20 April 2015 
 
Contact name:                           Sarah Else 
 
Telephone number:                       0207 934 4456 
 
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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