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

LONDON, January 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
    of existing shares to which voting rights are Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A)(RDS.B)
    attached: [ii]                                                

    2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        Yes
    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
    result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
    rights are attached                                                                No
    An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
    to qualifying financial instruments                                                No
    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
    Other (please specify):                                                            No
    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: [v]                                           9 January 2015
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                     13 January 2015
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
    reached:                                                  Above 4%
 
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    8. Notified details:
    A: Voting rights attached to shares
    Class/type of
    shares

    if possible    Situation previous
    using          to the triggering            Resulting situation after the triggering
    the ISIN CODE  transaction                  transaction
                                  Number
                   Number         of
                   of             Voting    Number     Number of voting     % of
                   Shares         Rights    of shares  rights               voting rights
                                            Direct    Direct  Indirect   Direct  Indirect    
      A Ordinary

    (GB00B03MLX29) 25,003,926    25,003,926                25,003,926             0.394%
        A ADRs

    (US7802592060) 20,624,761    41,249,522                41,249,522             0.650%
      B Ordinary

    (GB00B03MM408) 70,555,359    70,555,359                71,470,718             1.127%
        B ADRs

    (US7802591070) 57,932,746   115,865,492               116,227,668             1.832%

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                         Number of voting
                                                         rights that may be
                                                         acquired if the
    Type of financial    Expiration  Exercise/           instrument is          % of voting
    instrument           date        Conversion Period   exercised/ converted.    rights
            N/A

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
       Instruments


    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                            Number of voting
                                                Exercise/   rights instrument   % of voting
    Type of 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
                           253,951,834                                            4.003%

   
    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
    Funds:
                                                   Number of Shares Percent of Outstanding
    Capital Guardian Trust Company
                                                          1,742,063                 0.027%
    Capital International Limited
                                                            622,657                 0.010%
    Capital International SArl
                                                            462,914                 0.007%
    Capital International, Inc.
                                                            342,100                 0.005%
    Capital Research and Management Company
                                                        250,782,100                 3.953%

    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:

Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc