State Street Global Advisors Form 8.3 - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (9560O)

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RNS Number : 9560O

State Street Global Advisors

12 February 2016

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:                                                 State Street Global Advisors & Affiliates 
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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: 
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date         11-Feb-2016 
 prior to the disclosure 
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 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making       YES / NO / N/A 
 disclosures in respect                                                       If YES, specify which: 
 of any other party to the offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"                    YES - BG Group Plc 
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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:                                   EUR 0.07 A ordinary - 108,795,064 Shares 
                                                                ADR - 4,807 Shares (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares) 
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                                                                            Interests                 Short positions 
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                                                                     Number                %            Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                  108,804,678         2.72630% 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and 
 agreements to purchase/sell: 
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   TOTAL:                                                          108,804,678         2.72630% 
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The change in the holding of 22,870 shares since the last disclosure for dealing 10 Feb 2016 is due to the transfer out of a discretionary holding.

 
 Class of relevant security:                                   EUR 0.07 B ordinary - 68,246,000 Shares 
                                                                ADR - 1,120 Shares (1 ADR = 2 ordinary shares) 
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                                                                            Interests                 Short positions 
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                                                                     Number               %             Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                  68,248,240          2.79659% 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and 
 agreements to purchase/sell: 
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   TOTAL:                                                          68,248,240          2.79659% 
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The change in the holding of 110,068 shares since the last disclosure for dealing 10 Feb 2016 is due to the transfer in of a discretionary holding.

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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    EUR 0.07 A Ordinary         Purchase             4,000             GBP 14.415 
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    EUR 0.07 A Ordinary         Purchase             73,801            GBP 14.415 
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    EUR 0.07 A Ordinary         Purchase             2,598             GBP 14.415 
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    EUR 0.07 A Ordinary         Purchase             1,615           GBP 14.415003 
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    EUR 0.07 A Ordinary           Sale                672              GBP 14.415 
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    EUR 0.07 B Ordinary         Purchase             2,948             GBP 14.455 
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    EUR 0.07 B Ordinary         Purchase             19,743           GBP 14.3163 
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    EUR 0.07 B Ordinary         Purchase             2,728             GBP 14.455 
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    EUR 0.07 B Ordinary         Purchase              654              GBP 14.455 
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    EUR 0.07 B Ordinary           Sale                521             GBP 14.45501 
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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/ 

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