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BG Group plc - Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 - Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2006</font></p>
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<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="4">UNITED STATES<br>
</font></b><b><font face="serif" size="4">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font></b><b><font face="serif" size="4">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="4">FORM 20-F</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Commission file number 1-9337</font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="4">BG GROUP PLC<br>
</font></b><font size="2" face="serif">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">England and Wales<br>
</font><font size="2" face="serif">(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">100 Thames Valley Park Drive<br>
</font><font size="2" face="serif">Reading, RG6 1PT<br>
</font><font size="2" face="serif">England<br>
</font><font size="2" face="serif">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</font></p>
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<td width="44%" align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Title of Each Class</font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif"><b>American Depositary Shares<br>
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  Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each</b></font></td>
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on Which Registered</font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif"><b>New York Stock Exchange<br>
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  New York Stock Exchange*</b></font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">None</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">None</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Ordinary Shares (fully paid)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3,548,745,317&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10p units)</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Yes  <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Yes  <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No  <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Yes  <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12">    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of &#8220;accelerated filer and large accelerated filer&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Large Accelerated Filer  <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12">   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated Filer  <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12">   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-Accelerated Filer  <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Item 17 <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 18  <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Yes <img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No <img src="tickedbox.gif" width="12" height="12"></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="serif" align="left">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="serif" size="1">Not
      for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary
Shares pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font> </font><br>
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  <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 1.</b></font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR
    MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS</b></font></td>
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  <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 2.</b></font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED
    TIMETABLE</b></font></td>
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  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
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  <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 3.</b></font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>KEY INFORMATION</b></font></td>
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  <td><font size="2" face="serif">3.A.</font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><i>Selected financial data.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Three year financial summary (unaudited)&#8221; on pages 134 to 135 and &#8220;Five year financial summary (unaudited)&#8221; on pages 136 to 137 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">3.B.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Capitalization and indebtedness.</i></font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">3.C.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds.</i></font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">3.D.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Risk factors.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Risk factors&#8221; on pages 35 to 37 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 4.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY</b></font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.A.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>History and development of the company.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;BG Group&#8217;s global operations&#8221; on pages 6 to 7, &#8220;Financial review&#151;Disposals and Re-measurements&#8221; on pages 23 to 24, &#8220;Financial review&#151;Capital Investment&#8221; on page 25, &#8220;Financial review&#151;Cash Flow&#8221; on pages 25 to 26, &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 27(A) (Commitments and Contingencies&#151;Capital Expenditure)&#8221; on page 99, &#8220;Shareholder information&#151;Headquarters and Registered Office Address&#8221; on page 138, &#8220;Shareholder information&#151;Agent for Service of Process in the USA&#8221; on page 138, &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;This Annual Report and Accounts Incorporates the US Form
20-F&#8221; on page 139, &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;History and Development of the Company&#8221; on page 139, &#8220;Presentation of non-GAAP measures&#8221; on page 152 and &#8220;Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements&#8221; on page 153 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.B.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Business overview.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;BG Group&#8217;s global operations&#8221; on pages 6 to 7, &#8220;Strategy review&#8221; on pages 8 to 11, &#8220;Future prospects&#8221; on page 12, &#8220;Operating review&#8221; on pages 13 to 20, &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 2 (Segmental Analysis and Results Presentation)&#8221; on pages 71 to 75, &#8220;Presentation of non-GAAP measures&#8221; on page 152 and &#8220;Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements&#8221; on page 153 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.C.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Organizational structure.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 32 (Principal Subsidiary Undertakings, Joint Ventures and Associates)&#8221; on pages 116-117 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.D.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Property, plants and equipment.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under
    the headings &#8220;Operating review&#8221; on pages 13 to 20, &#8220;Corporate
    Responsibility&#151;Environment&#8221; on page 34, &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note
    13 (Property, Plant and Equipment)&#8221; on page 87, &#8220;Supplementary
    information&#151;gas and oil (unaudited)&#8221; on pages 128 to 132, &#8220;Historical
    production (unaudited)&#8221; on page 133 and &#8220;Presentation of non-GAAP
    measures&#8221; on page 152 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts
    2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22,
    2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 4A.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS</b></font></td>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 5.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW
    AND PROSPECTS</b></font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.A.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Operating results.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Financial review&#8221; on pages 21 to 30, &#8220;Risk Factors&#151;Commodity Prices&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Credit&#8221; on pages 35 to 36, &#8220;Presentation of non-GAAP measures&#8221; on page 152 and &#8220;Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements&#8221; on page 153 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.B.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Liquidity and capital resources.</i></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Financial review&#151;Capital Investment&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Financing&#8221; on pages 25 to 27, &#8220;Risk Factors&#151;Commodity Prices&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Credit&#8221; on pages 35 to 36, &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 20 (Borrowings)&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Note 21 (Financial Instruments)&#8221; on pages 91 to 96, &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 27 (Commitments and Contingencies)&#8221; on pages 99 to 101 and &#8220;Presentation of non-GAAP measures&#8221; on page 152 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.   </font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.C.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 4 (Operating Costs)&#8221; on page 76 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.D.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Trend information.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Strategy review&#8221; on pages 8 to 11 and &#8220;Future prospects&#8221; on page 12 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.E.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Off-balance sheet arrangements.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Financial review&#151;Contractual Obligations and Other Off-balance Sheet Arrangements&#8221; on page 28 and &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 27 (Commitments and Contingencies)&#8221; on pages 99 to 101 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.F.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under
    the heading &#8220;Financial review&#151;Contractual obligations&#151;payments
    due by period&#8221; on page 27 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and
    Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March
    22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><font size="2" face="serif">5.G.</font></td>
  <td align="left"> <font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Safe Harbor.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under
      the heading &#8220;Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain
      Forward-Looking Statements&#8221; on
      page 153 of the Company&#8217;s
      Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report
      on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 6.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT
    AND EMPLOYEES</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">6.A.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Directors and senior management.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Board of Directors&#8221; on pages 44 to 45 and &#8220;Group Executive Committee and Company Secretary&#8221; on pages&nbsp;46 to 47 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">6.B.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Compensation.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Directors&#8217; report&#151;Directors and Officers&#8221; on page 49 and &#8220;Remuneration report&#8221; on pages 51 to 61 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">6.C.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Board practices.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Governance framework&#8221; on pages 38 to 43, &#8220;Directors&#8217; report&#8221; on pages 49 to 50 and &#8220;Remuneration report&#8221; on pages 51 to 56 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">6.D.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Employees.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Corporate responsibility&#151;Our People&#8221; on pages 32 to 33, &#8220;Directors&#8217; report&#151;Employees&#8221; on page 50 and &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 5 (Directors and Employees)&#8221; on pages 77 to 80 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">6.E.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Share ownership.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Remuneration report&#8221; on pages 51 to 61 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 7.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED
    PARTY TRANSACTIONS</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">7.A.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Major shareholders.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Major Shareholders&#8221; on page 141 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">7.B.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Related party transactions.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Financial review&#151;Related Party Transactions&#8221; on page 30 and &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 28 (Related Party Transactions)&#8221; on page 101 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">7.C.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Interests of experts and counsel.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 8.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>FINANCIAL INFORMATION</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">8.A.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under
    the headings &#8220;Financial review&#151;Dividend&#8221; on pages 27 to
    28, &#8220;Principal accounting policies&#8221; on pages 63 to 65, &#8220;Consolidated
    income statement&#8221; on pages 66 to 67, &#8220;Consolidated statement
    of recognised income and expense&#8221; on page 67, &#8220;Balance sheets&#8221; on
    pages 68 to 69, &#8220;Cash flow statements&#8221; on page 70, &#8220;Notes
    to the accounts&#8221; on pages 71 to 127,  &#8220;Supplementary information
    &#8211; gas and oil (unaudited)&#8221; on pages 128 to 132,  and &#8220;Five
    year financial summary (unaudited)&#151;Annual Dividends&#8221; on page 136
    of the Company&#8217;s
    Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on
    Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">8.B.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Significant Changes.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Directors&#8217; report&#151;Significant Events Subsequent to 31 December 2005&#8221; on page 49 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 9.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>THE OFFER AND LISTING</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.A.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Offer and listing details.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Listing and Price History&#8221; on page 140 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.B.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Plan of distribution.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.C.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Markets.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Listing and Price History&#8221; on page 140 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.D.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Selling shareholders.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.E.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Dilution.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">9.F.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Expenses of the issue.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable. </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 10.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.A.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Share capital.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.B.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Memorandum and articles of association.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Memorandum and Articles of Association&#8221; on pages 141 to 143 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.C.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Material contracts.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Material Contracts&#8221; on page 143 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.D.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Exchange controls.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Exchange Controls&#8221; on page 143 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.E.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Taxation.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Taxation&#8221; on pages 143 to 144 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.F.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Dividends and paying agents.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.G.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Statement by experts.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.H.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Documents on display.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151;Documents on Display&#8221; on page 145 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">10.I.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <i>Subsidiary Information.</i></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 11.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
    DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Financial review&#151;Critical Accounting Policies&#151;Financial instruments&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Commodity instruments&#8221; on pages 29 to 30, &#8220;Risk Factors&#151;Commodity Prices&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Credit&#8221; on pages 35 to 36, &#8220;Principal accounting policies&#151;Financial Instruments (from 1 January 2005)&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Commodity Instruments (to 31 December 2004)&#8221; on page 65 and &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#151;Note 21 (Financial Instruments)&#8221; on pages 93 to 96 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by
reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 12.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER
    THAN EQUITY SECURITIES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 13.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES
    AND DELINQUENCIES</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">None.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 14.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE
    RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">None. </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 15.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Governance Framework&#151;Internal Control Framework&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Internal Control Framework&#151;Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures&#8221; on page 43 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 16A.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Governance Framework&#151;Board committees&#151;Audit Committee&#8221; on page 42 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 16B.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>CODE OF ETHICS</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the heading &#8220;Corporate responsibility&#8221; on page 31 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 16C.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT
    FEES AND SERVICES</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Additional shareholder information&#151; Accountants&#8217; Fees and Services&#8221; through &#8220;&#151;Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures&#8221; on page 145 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 16D.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
      LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 16E.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
    BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Period</b></font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Total Number of Shares  Purchased</b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Average Price Paid per share</b></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif"><b>(</b><b>pence)</b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs<sup>(a)</sup></b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Maximum Number of Shares  that may yet be Purchased under the Programs<sup>(b)</sup></b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td align="left"><hr align="left" width="130" size="1" noshade></td>
  <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="right"><hr size="1" noshade></td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="right"><hr size="1" noshade></td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="right"><hr size="1" noshade></td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="right"><hr size="1" noshade></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-01-01 to 2005-01-31</font></td>
<td width="2%" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="16%" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td width="2%" align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="16%" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td width="2%" align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="16%" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td width="2%" align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="16%" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-02-01 to 2005-02-28</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-03-01 to 2005-03-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">300,000</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><sup>(c)</sup></font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">415.33</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-04-01 to 2005-04-30</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">110,000</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif"><sup>(c)</sup></font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">415.75</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-05-01 to 2005-05-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-06-01 to 2005-06-30</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-07-01 to 2005-07-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">550,000</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><sup>(d)</sup></font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">470.44</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-08-01 to 2005-08-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-09-01 to 2005-09-30</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-10-01 to 2005-10-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-11-01 to 2005-11-30</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&#151;</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif">&pound;1.00 billion</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">2005-12-01 to 2005-12-31</font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">7,009,000</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">560.37</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">7,009,000</font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="2" face="serif">&pound;0.96 billion</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Total</b></font></td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>7,969,000</b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>546.71</b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>&#151;</b></font></td>
<td align="left" bgcolor="#eeeeee">&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>&#151;</b></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><hr align="left" width="100" size="1" noshade></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">(a) </font></font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">On November
          8, 2005, the Company announced its intention to return up to GBP1billion
          (USD1.72billion) to shareholders through a share repurchase programme.
          It is intended that the shares repurchased will be held in treasury
          in accordance with section 162(A) of the Companies Act 1985. The repurchase
          programme is in accordance with the Company&#8217;s general authority
          to make market purchases of its ordinary shares, as approved by shareholders,
          which expires on the date of the Company&#8217;s next annual general
    meeting on April 28, 2006. The Company will seek shareholder
    approval to renew this authority at the next annual general meeting.</font></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">(b) </font></font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">Total value
          of remaining potential purchases of shares by the Company as at the
    end of the each month.</font></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">(c)</font></font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1"> Shares purchased
          through open-market transactions for use in the BG Group Share Incentive
    Plan.</font></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">(d) </font></font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><font face="serif" size="1">Shares purchased
      through open-market transactions for use in the BG Group Long term Incentive
    Scheme</font></font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 17.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS </b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Not applicable.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 18.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><p><font size="2" face="serif">To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of BG Group plc: </font></p>
  <p><font size="2" face="serif">In
        our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and related
      consolidated income statement, cash flow statements,
        consolidated
                  statement of recognised
          income and expense present fairly, in all material
          respects, the financial position of BG Group plc and its subsidiaries
              at 31 December 2005 and 2004, and the results of their operations
              and their
          cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended 31 December
                  2005, in conformity with International Financial Reporting
      Standards as adopted by the European Union. These financial
          statements are the responsibility of the Company&#8217;s management.
          Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
          based
          on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance
          with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
          (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the
          audit to
          obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
          are free of material
          misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
          supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
          assessing the
          accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
          and evaluating
          the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
      provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></p>
  <p><font size="2" face="serif">International Financial Reporting Standards
        as adopted by the European Union vary in certain significant respects
      from accounting principles generally accepted in the United
              States of America.
        Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is
      presented in Note 31 of the financial statements.</font></p>
  <p><font size="2" face="serif">As discussed in Note
        33 of the financial statements, as a result of adopting
          IAS 32 and IAS 39 on January 1, 2005, the Company changed its method
    of accounting for financial instruments</font></p>  </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left"><hr align="left" width="200" size="1" noshade></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br>
London, United Kingdom<br>
March 22, 2006</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information set forth under the headings &#8220;Principal accounting policies&#8221; on pages 63 to 65, &#8220;Consolidated income statement&#8221; on pages 66 to 67, &#8220;Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense&#8221; on page 67, &#8220;Balance sheets&#8221; on pages 68 to 69, &#8220;Cash flow statements&#8221; on page 70 and &#8220;Notes to the accounts&#8221; on pages 71 to 127 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.<b></b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ITEM 19.</b></font><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>EXHIBITS </b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex1-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">1.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex1-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Memorandum of Association of BG Group plc</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex1-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif">1.2</font></a></td>
<td><a href="b822635ex1-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif">Articles of Association of BG Group plc</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).1</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Demerger Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).2</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indemnity Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).3</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Deed of Indemnity dated 15 September
    2000 between Transco Holding plc and Transco plc; Deed of Indemnity dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Energy Holdings Limited and Transco Holdings
    plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).4</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Tax Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).5</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Dispute Resolution Agreement dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).1</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Chief Executive
    Frank Chapman*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Deputy Chief
    Executive William Friedrich* <br>
    <a href="b822635ex4c-2.htm">and letter amendment to employment contract </a></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).3</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Chief Financial
    Officer Ashley Almanza***</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-4.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).4</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-4.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Charles Bland</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).5 </font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President J&oslash;rn Berget<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-6.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).6</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-6.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Peter Duffy</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).7</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Stuart Fysh****</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-8.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).8</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-8.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Martin Houston</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-9.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).9</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-9.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Mark Carne</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-10.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).10</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-10.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Offer letter (including amendment)
    for Executive Vice President Rick Waddell</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-11.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).11</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-11.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for General
    Counsel Stefan Ricketts</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).12</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Company
    Secretary Ben Mathews<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).13</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Sir John Coles***</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).14</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letters of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Directors: Mr. Peter Backhouse, Mr. Paul Collins, Lord Sharman
    and Sir Robert Wilson****</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).15</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Baroness Hogg<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-16.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">4.(c).16</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-16.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter
    of Appointment for the following Non-Executive Director: J&uuml;rgen Dormann</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">6</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> A statement explaining in reasonable detail how
earnings per share information were calculated (included in Note&nbsp;10 to the
Financial Statements in Exhibit 15.2)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">8</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> A list of the Company&#8217;s principal subsidiary
undertakings, indicating their country of incorporation and the names under which
they do business (included in Note 32 to the Financial Statements in Exhibit
15.2)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex12-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">12.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex12-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certification of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex12-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">12.2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex12-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certification of Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex13.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">13</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex13.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certifications of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, and Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<br>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex15-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">15.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex15-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Consent of independent accountants</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex15-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">15.2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex15-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> The Company&#8217;s responses to the requirements of Form 20-F have been incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s
Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006 which contains the BG Group plc Annual
Report and Accounts 2005. Pursuant to Rule 12b-23(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the information incorporated into this report by reference
to such Report on Form 6-K is attached as an exhibit hereto.</font></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td><hr align="left" width="100" size="1" noshade></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">*</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March&nbsp;12, 2001.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">**</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March&nbsp;18, 2002.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">***</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed March 17, 2003.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">****</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed April 7, 2004.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif"><sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1"> Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed March 16, 2005.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">SIGNATURES</font></p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.</font></p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; March 22, 2006</font></p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"><font size="2" face="serif">BG Group plc<br>
    Registrant    </font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">/s/</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Ben Mathews</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td colspan="2" nowrap><hr align="left" width="150" size="1" noshade>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td nowrap><font size="2" face="serif">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Ben Mathews</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Title:</font></td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Company Secretary</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<hr noshade align="center" width="100%" size="2">
<div style="page-break-before:always"></div>
<page>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></font></p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex1-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">1.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex1-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Memorandum of Association of BG Group plc</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex1-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif">1.2</font></a></td>
<td><a href="b822635ex1-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif">Articles of Association of BG Group plc</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).1</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Demerger Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).2</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indemnity Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).3</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Deed of Indemnity dated 15 September
    2000 between Transco Holding plc and Transco plc; Deed of Indemnity dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Energy Holdings Limited and Transco Holdings
    plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).4</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Tax Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(a).5</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Dispute Resolution Agreement dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).1</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Chief Executive
    Frank Chapman*</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Deputy Chief
    Executive William Friedrich* <br>
    <a href="b822635ex4c-2.htm">and letter amendment to employment contract</a></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).3</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Chief Financial
    Officer Ashley Almanza***</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-4.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).4</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-4.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Charles Bland</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).5</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"> Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President J&oslash;rn Berget<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-6.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).6</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-6.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Peter Duffy</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).7</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Stuart Fysh****</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-8.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).8</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-8.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Martin Houston</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-9.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).9</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-9.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Mark Carne</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-10.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).10</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-10.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Offer letter (including amendment)
    for Executive Vice President Rick Waddell</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-11.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).11</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-11.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for General
    Counsel Stefan Ricketts</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).12</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Employment contract for Company
    Secretary Ben Mathews<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).13</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Sir John Coles***</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).14</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letters of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Directors: Mr. Peter Backhouse, Mr. Paul Collins, Lord Sharman
    and Sir Robert Wilson****</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).15</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Baroness Hogg<sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex4c-16.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;4.(c).16</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex4c-16.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Letter
    of Appointment for the following Non-Executive Director: J&uuml;rgen Dormann</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">6</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> A statement explaining in reasonable detail how
earnings per share information were calculated (included in Note&nbsp;10 to the
Financial Statements in Exhibit 15.2)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><font size="2" face="serif">8</font></td>
<td align="left"> <font size="2" face="serif"> A list of the Company&#8217;s
    principal subsidiary undertakings, indicating their country of incorporation
    and the names under which they do business (included in Note 32 to the Financial
    Statements in Exhibit
15.2)</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex12-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">12.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex12-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certification of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex12-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">12.2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex12-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certification of Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex13.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">13</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex13.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Certifications of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, and Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex15-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">15.1</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex15-1.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Consent of  independent accountants</font></a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="5%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="7%"><a href="b822635ex15-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">15.2</font></a></td>
<td align="left"><a href="b822635ex15-2.htm">
<font size="2" face="serif"> The Company&#8217;s responses to the requirements of Form 20-F have been incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s
Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006 which contains the BG Group plc Annual
Report and Accounts 2005. Pursuant to Rule 12b-23(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the information incorporated into this report by reference
to such Report on Form 6-K is attached as an exhibit hereto.</font></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
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<td><hr align="left" width="100" size="1" noshade></td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">*</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March&nbsp;12, 2001.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">**</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March&nbsp;18, 2002.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">***</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed March 17, 2003.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">
<font face="serif" size="1">****</font></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed April 7, 2004.</font>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif"><sup>&#134;</sup></font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> <font face="serif" size="1"> Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Form 20-F filed March 16, 2005.</font>
</font></td>
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BG Group plc - Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 - Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2006
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
Commission file number 1-9337
BG GROUP PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
England and Wales
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
100 Thames Valley Park Drive
Reading, RG6 1PT
England
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
American Depositary Shares
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each
Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange*
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
Ordinary Shares (fully paid)             3,548,745,317     (10p units)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes
No
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes
No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer
Accelerated Filer
Non-Accelerated Filer
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
Item 17
Item 18
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
No
*
Not
      for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary
Shares pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 1.
IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR
    MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2.
OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED
    TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
ITEM 3.
KEY INFORMATION
3.A.
Selected financial data.
The information set forth under the headings "Three year financial summary (unaudited)" on pages 134 to 135 and "Five year financial summary (unaudited)" on pages 136 to 137 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
3.B.
Capitalization and indebtedness.
Not applicable.
3.C.
Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds.
Not applicable.
3.D.
Risk factors.
The information set forth under the heading "Risk factors" on pages 35 to 37 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4.
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
4.A.
History and development of the company.
The information set forth under the headings "BG Group's global operations" on pages 6 to 7, "Financial review—Disposals and Re-measurements" on pages 23 to 24, "Financial review—Capital Investment" on page 25, "Financial review—Cash Flow" on pages 25 to 26, "Notes to the accounts—Note 27(A) (Commitments and Contingencies—Capital Expenditure)" on page 99, "Shareholder information—Headquarters and Registered Office Address" on page 138, "Shareholder information—Agent for Service of Process in the USA" on page 138, "Additional shareholder information—This Annual Report and Accounts Incorporates the US Form
20-F" on page 139, "Additional shareholder information—History and Development of the Company" on page 139, "Presentation of non-GAAP measures" on page 152 and "Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements" on page 153 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.B.
Business overview.
The information set forth under the headings "BG Group's global operations" on pages 6 to 7, "Strategy review" on pages 8 to 11, "Future prospects" on page 12, "Operating review" on pages 13 to 20, "Notes to the accounts—Note 2 (Segmental Analysis and Results Presentation)" on pages 71 to 75, "Presentation of non-GAAP measures" on page 152 and "Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements" on page 153 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.C.
Organizational structure.
The information set forth under the heading "Notes to the accounts—Note 32 (Principal Subsidiary Undertakings, Joint Ventures and Associates)" on pages 116-117 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.D.
Property, plants and equipment.
The information set forth under
    the headings "Operating review" on pages 13 to 20, "Corporate
    Responsibility—Environment" on page 34, "Notes to the accounts—Note
    13 (Property, Plant and Equipment)" on page 87, "Supplementary
    information—gas and oil (unaudited)" on pages 128 to 132, "Historical
    production (unaudited)" on page 133 and "Presentation of non-GAAP
    measures" on page 152 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts
    2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22,
    2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4A.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW
    AND PROSPECTS
5.A.
Operating results.
The information set forth under the headings "Financial review" on pages 21 to 30, "Risk Factors—Commodity Prices" through "—Credit" on pages 35 to 36, "Presentation of non-GAAP measures" on page 152 and "Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain Forward-Looking Statements" on page 153 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.B.
Liquidity and capital resources.
The information set forth under the headings "Financial review—Capital Investment" through "—Financing" on pages 25 to 27, "Risk Factors—Commodity Prices" through "—Credit" on pages 35 to 36, "Notes to the accounts—Note 20 (Borrowings)" through "—Note 21 (Financial Instruments)" on pages 91 to 96, "Notes to the accounts—Note 27 (Commitments and Contingencies)" on pages 99 to 101 and "Presentation of non-GAAP measures" on page 152 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.C.
Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.
The information set forth under the heading "Notes to the accounts—Note 4 (Operating Costs)" on page 76 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.D.
Trend information.
The information set forth under the headings "Strategy review" on pages 8 to 11 and "Future prospects" on page 12 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.E.
Off-balance sheet arrangements.
The information set forth under the headings "Financial review—Contractual Obligations and Other Off-balance Sheet Arrangements" on page 28 and "Notes to the accounts—Note 27 (Commitments and Contingencies)" on pages 99 to 101 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.F.
Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations.
The information set forth under
    the heading "Financial review—Contractual obligations—payments
    due by period" on page 27 of the Company's Annual Report and
    Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March
    22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
5.G.
Safe Harbor.
The information set forth under
      the heading "Cautionary Note to Shareholders in Relation to Certain
      Forward-Looking Statements" on
      page 153 of the Company's
      Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report
      on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 6.
DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT
    AND EMPLOYEES
6.A.
Directors and senior management.
The information set forth under the headings "Board of Directors" on pages 44 to 45 and "Group Executive Committee and Company Secretary" on pages 46 to 47 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
6.B.
Compensation.
The information set forth under the headings "Directors' report—Directors and Officers" on page 49 and "Remuneration report" on pages 51 to 61 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
6.C.
Board practices.
The information set forth under the headings "Governance framework" on pages 38 to 43, "Directors' report" on pages 49 to 50 and "Remuneration report" on pages 51 to 56 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
6.D.
Employees.
The information set forth under the headings "Corporate responsibility—Our People" on pages 32 to 33, "Directors' report—Employees" on page 50 and "Notes to the accounts—Note 5 (Directors and Employees)" on pages 77 to 80 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
6.E.
Share ownership.
The information set forth under the heading "Remuneration report" on pages 51 to 61 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7.
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED
    PARTY TRANSACTIONS
7.A.
Major shareholders.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Major Shareholders" on page 141 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
7.B.
Related party transactions.
The information set forth under the headings "Financial review—Related Party Transactions" on page 30 and "Notes to the accounts—Note 28 (Related Party Transactions)" on page 101 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
7.C.
Interests of experts and counsel.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
8.A.
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information.
The information set forth under
    the headings "Financial review—Dividend" on pages 27 to
    28, "Principal accounting policies" on pages 63 to 65, "Consolidated
    income statement" on pages 66 to 67, "Consolidated statement
    of recognised income and expense" on page 67, "Balance sheets" on
    pages 68 to 69, "Cash flow statements" on page 70, "Notes
    to the accounts" on pages 71 to 127,  "Supplementary information
    – gas and oil (unaudited)" on pages 128 to 132,  and "Five
    year financial summary (unaudited)—Annual Dividends" on page 136
    of the Company's
    Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on
    Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
8.B.
Significant Changes.
The information set forth under the heading "Directors' report—Significant Events Subsequent to 31 December 2005" on page 49 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.
THE OFFER AND LISTING
9.A.
Offer and listing details.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Listing and Price History" on page 140 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
9.B.
Plan of distribution.
Not applicable.
9.C.
Markets.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Listing and Price History" on page 140 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
9.D.
Selling shareholders.
Not applicable.
9.E.
Dilution.
Not applicable.
9.F.
Expenses of the issue.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
10.A.
Share capital.
Not applicable.
10.B.
Memorandum and articles of association.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Memorandum and Articles of Association" on pages 141 to 143 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
10.C.
Material contracts.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Material Contracts" on page 143 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
10.D.
Exchange controls.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Exchange Controls" on page 143 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
10.E.
Taxation.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Taxation" on pages 143 to 144 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
10.F.
Dividends and paying agents.
Not applicable.
10.G.
Statement by experts.
Not applicable.
10.H.
Documents on display.
The information set forth under the heading "Additional shareholder information—Documents on Display" on page 145 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
10.I.
Subsidiary Information.
Not applicable.
ITEM 11.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
    DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information set forth under the headings "Financial review—Critical Accounting Policies—Financial instruments" through "—Commodity instruments" on pages 29 to 30, "Risk Factors—Commodity Prices" through "—Credit" on pages 35 to 36, "Principal accounting policies—Financial Instruments (from 1 January 2005)" through "—Commodity Instruments (to 31 December 2004)" on page 65 and "Notes to the accounts—Note 21 (Financial Instruments)" on pages 93 to 96 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 12.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER
    THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 13.
DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES
    AND DELINQUENCIES
None.
ITEM 14.
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE
    RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 15.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The information set forth under the heading "Governance Framework—Internal Control Framework" through "—Internal Control Framework—Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures" on page 43 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 16A.
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
The information set forth under the heading "Governance Framework—Board committees—Audit Committee" on page 42 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 16B.
CODE OF ETHICS
The information set forth under the heading "Corporate responsibility" on page 31 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 16C.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT
    FEES AND SERVICES
The information set forth under the headings "Additional shareholder information— Accountants' Fees and Services" through "—Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures" on page 145 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 16D.
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
      LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Not applicable.
ITEM 16E.
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
    BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
Period
Total Number of Shares  Purchased
Average Price Paid per share
(
pence)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs
(a)
Maximum Number of Shares  that may yet be Purchased under the Programs
(b)
2005-01-01 to 2005-01-31
—
—
—
—
2005-02-01 to 2005-02-28
—
—
—
—
2005-03-01 to 2005-03-31
300,000
(c)
415.33
—
—
2005-04-01 to 2005-04-30
110,000
(c)
415.75
—
—
2005-05-01 to 2005-05-31
—
—
—
—
2005-06-01 to 2005-06-30
—
—
—
—
2005-07-01 to 2005-07-31
550,000
(d)
470.44
—
—
2005-08-01 to 2005-08-31
—
—
—
—
2005-09-01 to 2005-09-30
—
—
—
—
2005-10-01 to 2005-10-31
—
—
—
—
2005-11-01 to 2005-11-30
—
—
—
£1.00 billion
2005-12-01 to 2005-12-31
7,009,000
560.37
7,009,000
£0.96 billion
Total
7,969,000
546.71
—
—
(a)
On November
          8, 2005, the Company announced its intention to return up to GBP1billion
          (USD1.72billion) to shareholders through a share repurchase programme.
          It is intended that the shares repurchased will be held in treasury
          in accordance with section 162(A) of the Companies Act 1985. The repurchase
          programme is in accordance with the Company's general authority
          to make market purchases of its ordinary shares, as approved by shareholders,
          which expires on the date of the Company's next annual general
    meeting on April 28, 2006. The Company will seek shareholder
    approval to renew this authority at the next annual general meeting.
(b)
Total value
          of remaining potential purchases of shares by the Company as at the
    end of the each month.
(c)
Shares purchased
          through open-market transactions for use in the BG Group Share Incentive
    Plan.
(d)
Shares purchased
      through open-market transactions for use in the BG Group Long term Incentive
    Scheme
ITEM 17.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 18.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of BG Group plc:
In
        our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and related
      consolidated income statement, cash flow statements,
        consolidated
                  statement of recognised
          income and expense present fairly, in all material
          respects, the financial position of BG Group plc and its subsidiaries
              at 31 December 2005 and 2004, and the results of their operations
              and their
          cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended 31 December
                  2005, in conformity with International Financial Reporting
      Standards as adopted by the European Union. These financial
          statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.
          Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
          based
          on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance
          with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
          (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the
          audit to
          obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
          are free of material
          misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
          supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
          assessing the
          accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
          and evaluating
          the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
      provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
International Financial Reporting Standards
        as adopted by the European Union vary in certain significant respects
      from accounting principles generally accepted in the United
              States of America.
        Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is
      presented in Note 31 of the financial statements.
As discussed in Note
        33 of the financial statements, as a result of adopting
          IAS 32 and IAS 39 on January 1, 2005, the Company changed its method
    of accounting for financial instruments
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
London, United Kingdom
March 22, 2006
The information set forth under the headings "Principal accounting policies" on pages 63 to 65, "Consolidated income statement" on pages 66 to 67, "Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense" on page 67, "Balance sheets" on pages 68 to 69, "Cash flow statements" on page 70 and "Notes to the accounts" on pages 71 to 127 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2005 contained in the Company's Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 19.
EXHIBITS
1.1
Memorandum of Association of BG Group plc
1.2
Articles of Association of BG Group plc
4.(a).1
Demerger Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).2
Indemnity Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).3
Deed of Indemnity dated 15 September
    2000 between Transco Holding plc and Transco plc; Deed of Indemnity dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Energy Holdings Limited and Transco Holdings
    plc*
4.(a).4
Tax Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).5
Dispute Resolution Agreement dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(c).1
Employment contract for Chief Executive
    Frank Chapman*
4.(c).2
Employment contract for Deputy Chief
    Executive William Friedrich*
and letter amendment to employment contract
4.(c).3
Employment contract for Chief Financial
    Officer Ashley Almanza***
4.(c).4
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Charles Bland
4.(c).5
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Jørn Berget
†
4.(c).6
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Peter Duffy
4.(c).7
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Stuart Fysh****
4.(c).8
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Martin Houston
4.(c).9
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Mark Carne
4.(c).10
Offer letter (including amendment)
    for Executive Vice President Rick Waddell
4.(c).11
Employment contract for General
    Counsel Stefan Ricketts
4.(c).12
Employment contract for Company
    Secretary Ben Mathews
†
4.(c).13
Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Sir John Coles***
4.(c).14
Letters of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Directors: Mr. Peter Backhouse, Mr. Paul Collins, Lord Sharman
    and Sir Robert Wilson****
4.(c).15
Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Baroness Hogg
†
4.(c).16
Letter
    of Appointment for the following Non-Executive Director: Jürgen Dormann
6
A statement explaining in reasonable detail how
earnings per share information were calculated (included in Note 10 to the
Financial Statements in Exhibit 15.2)
8
A list of the Company's principal subsidiary
undertakings, indicating their country of incorporation and the names under which
they do business (included in Note 32 to the Financial Statements in Exhibit
15.2)
12.1
Certification of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.2
Certification of Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13
Certifications of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, and Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1
Consent of independent accountants
15.2
The Company's responses to the requirements of Form 20-F have been incorporated by reference to the Company's
Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006 which contains the BG Group plc Annual
Report and Accounts 2005. Pursuant to Rule 12b-23(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the information incorporated into this report by reference
to such Report on Form 6-K is attached as an exhibit hereto.
*
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 12, 2001.
**
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 18, 2002.
***
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 17, 2003.
****
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed April 7, 2004.
†
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 16, 2005.
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
Date:      March 22, 2006
BG Group plc
Registrant
By:
/s/
Ben Mathews
Name:
Ben Mathews
Title:
Company Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
1.1
Memorandum of Association of BG Group plc
1.2
Articles of Association of BG Group plc
4.(a).1
Demerger Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).2
Indemnity Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).3
Deed of Indemnity dated 15 September
    2000 between Transco Holding plc and Transco plc; Deed of Indemnity dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Energy Holdings Limited and Transco Holdings
    plc*
4.(a).4
Tax Agreement dated 15 September
    2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(a).5
Dispute Resolution Agreement dated
    15 September 2000 between BG Group plc and Lattice Group plc*
4.(c).1
Employment contract for Chief Executive
    Frank Chapman*
4.(c).2
Employment contract for Deputy Chief
    Executive William Friedrich*
and letter amendment to employment contract
4.(c).3
Employment contract for Chief Financial
    Officer Ashley Almanza***
4.(c).4
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Charles Bland
4.(c).5
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Jørn Berget
†
4.(c).6
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Peter Duffy
4.(c).7
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Stuart Fysh****
4.(c).8
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Martin Houston
4.(c).9
Employment contract for Executive
    Vice President Mark Carne
4.(c).10
Offer letter (including amendment)
    for Executive Vice President Rick Waddell
4.(c).11
Employment contract for General
    Counsel Stefan Ricketts
4.(c).12
Employment contract for Company
    Secretary Ben Mathews
†
4.(c).13
Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Sir John Coles***
4.(c).14
Letters of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Directors: Mr. Peter Backhouse, Mr. Paul Collins, Lord Sharman
    and Sir Robert Wilson****
4.(c).15
Letter of Appointment for the following
    Non-Executive Director: Baroness Hogg
†
4.(c).16
Letter
    of Appointment for the following Non-Executive Director: Jürgen Dormann
6
A statement explaining in reasonable detail how
earnings per share information were calculated (included in Note 10 to the
Financial Statements in Exhibit 15.2)
8
A list of the Company's
    principal subsidiary undertakings, indicating their country of incorporation
    and the names under which they do business (included in Note 32 to the Financial
    Statements in Exhibit
15.2)
12.1
Certification of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.2
Certification of Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13
Certifications of Frank Chapman, Chief Executive of BG Group plc, and Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer of BG Group plc, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1
Consent of  independent accountants
15.2
The Company's responses to the requirements of Form 20-F have been incorporated by reference to the Company's
Report on Form 6-K dated March 22, 2006 which contains the BG Group plc Annual
Report and Accounts 2005. Pursuant to Rule 12b-23(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the information incorporated into this report by reference
to such Report on Form 6-K is attached as an exhibit hereto.
*
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 12, 2001.
**
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 18, 2002.
***
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 17, 2003.
****
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed April 7, 2004.
†
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 20-F filed March 16, 2005.