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RNS Number : 7716K

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 April 2015

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 420,000 TO 12,702,302. ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 1,279,100.

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:    BG Group 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:                                                               08 April 2015 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making        Yes 
 disclosures                                                                                 Royal Dutch Shell 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 
                                                                               (GBP)                    (GBP) 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares          Purchases             12,702,302                 13.0189                  11.5300 
 
                                Sales               10,358,500                 13.0000                  11.5300 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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               (GBP) 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
     Ordinary Shares           Equity Swaps                 Long                      68,000               11.6430 
                                                                                      20,388                11.6763 
                                                                                      197,371               12.1320 
                                                                                        320                 12.4867 
                                                                                       7,835                12.4908 
                                                                                        365                 12.4912 
                                                                                        590                 12.4920 
                                                                                      14,911                12.4921 
                                                                                        61                  12.4931 
                                                                                        560                 12.4986 
                                                                                      20,000                12.5032 
                                                                                       3,310                12.5084 
                                                                                        35                  12.5211 
                                                                                       6,136                12.5322 
                                                                                      75,000                12.5328 
                                                                                         3                  12.5437 
                                                                                      40,022                12.9615 
 
                                                            Short                       622                 11.5300 
                                                                                       6,443                11.5312 
                                                                                       2,000                11.6116 
                                                                                      47,000                11.6154 
                                                                                      329,600               11.6276 
                                                                                      28,612                11.6353 
                                                                                      200,000               11.6418 
                                                                                      329,500               11.6447 
                                                                                      68,000                11.6670 
                                                                                        18                  11.7184 
                                                                                        18                  11.7378 
                                                                                        163                 11.8496 
                                                                                        359                 11.8888 
                                                                                      35,000                11.8898 
                                                                                        185                 11.9744 
                                                                                      19,678                11.9879 
                                                                                       1,506                11.9950 
                                                                                      479,332               11.9958 
                                                                                       2,512                12.0018 
                                                                                      820,000               12.0026 
                                                                                        29                  12.0171 
                                                                                        104                 12.0252 
                                                                                      210,000               12.1263 
                                                                                      21,935                12.1492 
                                                                                      48,000                12.1516 
                                                                                      48,000                12.1519 
                                                                                        61                  12.1725 
                                                                                      420,000               12.1731 
                                                                                        88                  12.2259 
                                                                                      22,649                12.2844 
                                                                                      420,000               12.4759 
                                                                                      470,000               12.6042 
                                                                                      153,000               13.0188 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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. 
--------------  --------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
   Ordinary 
     Shares       Call Option      Selling        500,000         9.68         European      17/04/15        2.8167 
--------------  --------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
   (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:    20 April 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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