Royal Dutch Shell plc: Holdings in Company

LONDON, September 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

    1. Identity of the issuer or the    underlying issuer of existing shares to    which voting rights are attached:           Royal Dutch Shell plc

    2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments    which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to    which voting rights are attached    An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic    effect to qualifying financial instruments    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           Due to a company reorganization, Capital                           Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and                           Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII")                           will no longer report relevant holdings                           under management separately. Instead the                           relevant holdings under management by CRMC                           and CGII will be reported in aggregate by                           The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC"). It                           is solely for this reason (and not as a                           result of any additional acquisition or    Other (please          disposal) that CGC is reporting this    specify):              aggregated holding.                            X 

    3. Full name of person(s) subject to    the notification obligation:           The Capital Group Companies, Inc.    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if    different from 3.):                         See answer to Question 9    5. Date of the transaction and date    on which the threshold is crossed or    reached:                                        3 September 2012    6. Date on which issuer notified:               5 September 2012     7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                 Above 5%    or reached: 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type of    shares     if possible      Situation previous                Resulting situation after    using             to the triggering                     the triggering    the ISIN CODE        transaction                          transaction                                 Number                           Number                     Number        of            Number            of                       of        Voting            of            voting       % of voting                     Shares      Rights          shares          rights       rights                                                            Direct  Indirect                                           Direct  Indirect                 Direct Indirect    A Ordinary     (GB00B03MLX29) 13,935,071  13,935,071         13,926,993      13,926,993       0.2194%    A ADRs     (US7802592060) 44,861,460  89,722,920         44,861,460      89,722,920       1.4137%    B Ordinary     (GB00B03MM408) 100,088,987 100,088,987        100,088,987     100,088,987      1.5771%    B ADRs     (US7802591070) 74,075,901  148,151,802        74,075,901      148,151,802      2.3344%

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

                                                     Number of                                                      voting                                                  rights that may                                                        be                                                  acquired if the                                     Exercise/     instrument is    Type of financial Expiration    Conversion      exercised/    % of voting       instrument     date         Period           converted.       rights 

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying    Financial Instruments     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

                                                Number of voting                                     Exercise/       rights       % of voting      Type of             Expiration Conversion    instrument    rights      financial   Exercise    date      period      refers to               instrument   price                                                                                Nominal Delta 

    Total (A+B+C)

         Number of voting rights          Percentage of voting rights               351,890,702                          5.5446%

    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights    and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:    The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG")    holdings     Holdings by CG Management Companies and                         Percent of    Funds:                                    Number of Shares     Outstanding     Capital Guardian Trust Company                  10,668,607          0.168%     Capital International Limited                      846,098          0.013%     Capital International SArl                         453,186          0.007%     Capital International, Inc.                        849,249          0.014%     Capital Research and Management Company        339,028,562          5.342%

    Proxy Voting:    10. Name of the proxy holder:    11. Number of voting rights proxy    holder will cease to hold:    12. Date on which proxy holder will    cease to hold voting rights:

    13. Additional information:                                                      14. Contact name:                       Mark Edwards, Royal Dutch Shell plc    15. Contact telephone number:              +44-207-934-2817

     Annex: Notification of major interests in shares[xxii]

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

    Full name    (including legal form of legal    entities)                               The Capital Group Companies, Inc.                                            333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor    Contact address    (registered office for legal entities)    Los Angeles, California 90071                                                     +1(213)615-0469     Phone number & email                          GRGroup@capgroup.com    Other useful information    (at least legal representative for    legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

    Full name                                          Vivien Tan                                            333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor     Contact address                           Los Angeles, California 90071    Phone number & email                             +1(213)615-0469    Other useful information(e.g.    functional relationship with the    person or legal entity subject to the    notification obligation)                      Fax: +1(213) 615-4056

    C: Additional information    Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company    ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer    report relevant holdings under management separately. With effect from 1    September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII will be    reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group    Companies, Inc.

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