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RNS Number : 7724K

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 April 2015

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 322,911 TO 4,442,604. ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 354,699.

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:                                                               16 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              4,442,604                 12.0163                  11.8730 
 
                                Sales               1,822,872                  12.0150                  11.8750 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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                       204                 11.9294 
                                                                                         7                  11.9300 
                                                                                        433                 11.9323 
                                                                                        45                  11.9347 
                                                                                        44                  11.9463 
 
                                                            Short                     125,000               11.8730 
                                                                                     1,400,000              11.9002 
                                                                                      21,397                11.9024 
                                                                                      31,788                11.9209 
                                                                                      95,000                11.9374 
                                                                                       2,911                11.9392 
                                                                                      25,465                11.9398 
                                                                                      293,251               11.9537 
                                                                                      58,655                11.9597 
                                                                                      104,400               11.9673 
                                                                                      320,000               11.9730 
                                                                                      104,400               11.9747 
                                                                                      100,000               12.0106 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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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   (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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