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JPMorgan Securities Plc

06 July 2015

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                       J.P. Morgan Securities plc 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:    Royal Dutch Shell Plc 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:        BG Group Plc 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                               03 July 2015 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making        Yes 
 disclosures                                                                                 BG Group Plc 
 in respect of any other party to this offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   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 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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
   Ordinary A Shares         Purchases               11,766                 18.1300 GBP              18.0827 GBP 
                                                      65,149                 25.7400 EUR              25.4200 EUR 
 
                                Sales                 12,828                 18.2150 GBP              18.0000 GBP 
                                                      61,690                 25.7400 EUR              25.3950 EUR 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
   Class of relevant      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
   Ordinary B Shares         Purchases               93,180                 18.4000 GBP              18.1700 GBP 
 
                                Sales                 79,792                 18.4000 GBP              18.1700 GBP 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
    Ordinary A Shares          Equity Swaps                 Long                       854               18.0541 GBP 
                                                                                        13                18.1132 GBP 
                                                                                         2                18.1182 GBP 
                                                                                        16                18.1194 GBP 
                                                                                        428               18.1261 GBP 
                                                                                       4,134              25.5331 EUR 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description       Nature of dealing         Number of reference     Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD          e.g. opening/closing a          securities               (GBP) 
                                                     long/short position, 
                                                    increasing/reducing a 
                                                     long/short position 
-------------------------  ---------------------  -------------------------  ------------------------  --------------- 
    Ordinary B Shares           Equity Swaps                Short                       950                18.2150 
-------------------------  ---------------------  -------------------------  ------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of        Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise         Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant      description    purchasing,     securities     price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security       e.g. call       selling,       to which      unit (GBP)     American,                   received per 
                    option      varying etc.      option                       European                    unit (GBP) 
                                                 relates                         etc. 
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  Ordinary B 
    Shares 
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   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (EUR) 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion                          (GBP) 
---------------------------  -------------------------------  --------  ------------------------------- 
 
 
   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" 
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 None 
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   (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" 
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 None 
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 Date of disclosure:    06 July 2015 
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 Contact name:          Jasper Niesing 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 4613 
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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 dealing 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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