Bank of America Merrill Lynch Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) (9328O)
12 February 2016 - 10:30PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9328O
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
12 February 2016
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
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose BG Group PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
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: Royal Dutch Shell PLC
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 11/02/2016
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(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"
(Royal Dutch Shell PLC)
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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 security Purchases/ Total number of securities Highest price Lowest price
sales per unit per unit
paid/received paid/received
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Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Purchase 2,201,285 10.305 GBP 10.06 GBP
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Common - ISIN GB0008762899 Sale 2,881,071 10.31 GBP 10.055 GBP
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per unit
relevant security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a securities
long/short position,
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 2,880 10.13 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 2,094 10.26 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 1,463 10.184 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 600 10.267 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 1,142 10.218 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 1,395,420 10.218 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 21,367 10.255 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 2,880 10.254 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 2,966 10.288 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 1,463 10.288 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 658 10.153 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 13,768 10.122 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 1,136 10.122 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 600 10.255 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 1,392,618 10.219 GBP
GB0008762899
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 194 10.179 GBP
GB0008762899
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(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
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ Number of Exercise Price per
e.g. call option exercised securities unit
against
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(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
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N/A N/A N/A N/A
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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
February 12, 2016 06:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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: 12/02/2016
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Contact name: Kim Oakley
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Telephone number: 0207 996 0275
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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.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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