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Schroders PLC

09 October 2015

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Full name of discloser:                                                                     Schroders plc 
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 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short 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. 
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 (c) 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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 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify 
 identity 
 of offeror/offeree: 
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 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                      08/10/2015 
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 
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 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect    YES 
  of any other party to the offer?                                                                BG Group plc 
  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON 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 following the dealing (if any)

 
 Class of relevant security:                                                             A EUR 0.07 Ordinary 
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                                                                                    Interests         Short positions 
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                                                                                 Number       %         Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                              21,555,516   0.547% 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                  152,043     0.004% 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 
 purchase/sell: 
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   TOTAL:                                                                      21,707,559   0.551% 
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***This amount includes an in-specie transfer in of 31 shares***

***Schroders can exercise the voting rights for 13,999,720 of the above mentioned shares***

 
 Class of relevant security:                                                            B EUR 0.07 Ordinary 
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                                                                                   Interests         Short positions 
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                                                                                Number       %       Number       % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                             43,115,112   1.767% 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 
  purchase/sell:                                                                                    1,346,205   0.055% 
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   TOTAL:                                                                     43,115,112   1.767%   1,346,205   0.055% 
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***This amount includes an in-specie transfer in of 430 shares***

***Schroders can exercise the voting rights for 41,773,059 of the above mentioned shares***

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).

   (b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options) 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
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   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit 
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         Ordinary B               Sale                919              18.21 GBP 
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         Ordinary B             Purchase              675              18.11 GBP 
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         Ordinary B             Purchase             1,000             18.21 GBP 
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         Ordinary B             Purchase            320,403           18.12207 GBP 
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         Ordinary B               Sale               21,859            18.17 GBP 
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   (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 
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   (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         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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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 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 

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