GB0008762899              Swaps                  SHORT                      7,711                     10.74 
-------------------------  ---------------------  -------------------------  ------------------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN 
  GB0008762899              Swaps                  LONG                       192                       10.70 
-------------------------  ---------------------  -------------------------  ------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
(c)  Stock-settled derivative transactions 
      (including options) 
 
 
(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 
 Class           Product        Writing,       Number          Exercise    Type            Expiry date   Option money 
 of              description    purchasing,    of               price      e.g.                          paid/ 
 relevant        e.g. call      selling,       securities to    per unit   American,                     received per 
 security        option         varying etc.   which option                European etc.                 unit 
                                               relates 
--------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  --------------  ------------  -------------- 
 N/A             N/A            N/A            N/A             N/A         N/A             N/A           N/A 
--------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  --------------  ------------  -------------- 
 
 
(ii)  Exercise 
 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Exercising/   Number of     Exercise Price per 
                               e.g. call option      exercised     securities    unit 
                                                     against 
---------------------------  --------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------------- 
 N/A                          N/A                   N/A           N/A           N/A 
---------------------------  --------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------------- 
 
 
(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 
---------------------------  -------------------------------  --------  ------------------------------- 
            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:    06/07/2015 
---------------------  -------------- 
 Contact name:          Stacy Otieno 
---------------------  -------------- 
 Telephone number:      0207 995 1335 
---------------------  -------------- 
 

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.

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:                                                      Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 (b)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                          Royal Dutch Shell PLC 
        relevant securities this form relates: 
        Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 (c)  Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:       Royal Dutch Shell PLC 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 (d)  Date dealing undertaken:                                                              03/07/2015 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 (e)  In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the                                      YES 
        exempt principal trader making disclosures in                                        If YES, specify which: 
        respect of any other party to this offer? 
        If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"                            (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 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 security      Purchases/    Total number of securities   Highest price    Lowest price 
                                  sales                                      per unit        per unit 
                                                                             paid/received   paid/received 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408      Purchase      262,996                      18.4 GBP         18.14 GBP 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MM408      Sale          267,206                      18.4 GBP         18.15 GBP 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29      Purchase      366,022                      18.18 GBP        18.01 GBP 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29      Purchase      423,269                      25.74 EUR        25.38 EUR 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29      Sale          494,331                      18.22 GBP        17.97 GBP 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 Common - ISIN GB00B03MLX29      Sale          445,339                      25.73 EUR        25.39 EUR 
------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 
 
 
(b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
                 Product description   Nature of               Number         Price per 
                  e.g. CFD              dealing                 of reference   unit 
 Class of                               e.g. opening/closing    securities 
 relevant                               a 
 security                               long/short 
                                        position, 
                                        increasing/reducing 
                                        a 
                                        long/short 
                                        position 
---------------  --------------------  ----------------------  -------------  ------------ 
Common - ISIN 
GB00B03MLX29     Swaps                 Long                    1,817          25.528 EUR 
---------------  --------------------  ----------------------  -------------  ------------ 
Common - ISIN 
GB00B03MLX29     Swaps                 Long                    386            25.528 EUR 
---------------  --------------------  ----------------------  -------------  ------------ 
Common - ISIN 
GB00B03MLX29     Swaps                 Long                    88,966         25.546 EUR 
---------------  --------------------  ----------------------  -------------  ------------ 
Common - ISIN 
GB00B03MLX29     Swaps                 Long                    166,424        25.551 EUR