Royal Dutch Shell plc: Tr-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the       underlying issuer of existing shares       to which voting rights are attached: [ii]                   Royal Dutch Shell plc                                                                 (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B)    2. Reason for the notification (please tick the       appropriate box or boxes):       An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                     X       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       Other (please specify):    3. Full name of person(s) subject       to the notification obligation:                             Legal & General Group                                                                               Plc (L&G)    4. Full name of shareholder(s)       (if different from 3.):                                                       N/A    5. Date of the transaction and date       on which the threshold is crossed or       reached: [v]                                                         17 June 2013    6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       25 June 2013    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed       or reached:                                                        Below 3% (L&G)

    8. Notified details:       A: Voting rights attached to shares    Class/type    Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering    of            to the triggering                         transaction    shares           transaction    if                       Number    Number      Number of voting      % of voting rights    possible      Number     of        of               rights    using         of         Voting    shares    the ISIN      Shares     Rights    Direct      Direct   Indirect      Direct   Indirect    CODE     A and B         221,908,751    190,081,772 190,081,772                2.99%    Ordinary            3.49%    shares of    EUR 0.07      (as on 30/05/2012)       B: Qualifying Financial Instruments          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                Number of                                                                voting                                                                rights that                                                                may be                                                                acquired if                                                                the                                                                instrument is    Type of financial     Expiration  Exercise/                 exercised/    % of voting    instrument            date        Conversion Period         converted.       rights             N/A       C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial          Instruments    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                               Number of                                                               voting rights    Type of                                     Exercise/      instrument    % of voting    financial        Exercise   Expiration      Conversion     refers to         rights    instrument       price      date            period          N/A                                                             Nominal     Delta    Total (A+B+C)    Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights         190,081,772                                             2.99%

    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights       and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and    Indirect) (LGIMH)    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (190,081,772 - 2.99% = LGAS,    LGPL & PMC)    Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance    Holdings Limited    (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (Direct) (LGIH)    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society    Limited    Management) Limited (PMC) (LGAS & LGPL)    Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)    Proxy Voting:    10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A    11. Number of voting rights proxy holder    will cease to hold:                                      N/A    12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    hold voting rights:                                      N/A                                        Notification using the total voting    13. Additional information:         rights figure of 6,349,863,361                                        Mark Edwards    14. Contact name:                   Royal Dutch Shell plc    15. Contact telephone number:       +44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc