Royal Dutch Shell Plc - 2015-04-17

Hired Barclays Plc to help arrange short-term bridge loan equal to 10 billion British pounds to help fund its purchase of BG Group Plc. It replaced existing 3 billion pound loan provided by Bank of America Corp. The loan will be marketed to a wider group of lenders in April. Shell wants to complete deal before fees on 3 billion pound loan rise.