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

LONDON, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares    1. Identity of the issuer or the    underlying issuer of existing shares    to which voting rights are attached:          Royal Dutch Shell plc                                                 (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: EDS.B)    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                    Group International, Inc. ("CGII") and                    Capital Research and Management Company                    ("CRMC") will no longer report relevant                    holdings separately. With effect from 1                    September 2012, the holdings under management                    will be reported in aggregate by the group's    Other (please   parent company, The Capital Group Companies,    specify):       Inc.    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       The Capital Group    notification obligation:                       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 reached:        8 March 2013    6. Date on which the issuer notified:          11 March 2013    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    reached:                                       Below 5%

    8. Notified details:    A: Voting rights attached to shares    Class/type of    shares If      Situation previous to    possible using the Triggering         Resulting situation after the triggering    the ISIN CODE  transaction            transaction                              Number of                   Number of  voting                        Number of voting   % of voting                   shares     rights      Number of shares  rights             rights                                          Direct Indirect   Direct Indirect    Direct                                                                               Indirect    Cl A Ordinary    (GB00B03MLX29) 6,329,685   6,329,685         6,329,685     6,329,685         0.0992%      Cl A ADRs    (US7802592060) 38,582,742 77,165,484         38,318,052   76,636,104         1.2005%    Cl B Ordinary    (GB00B03MM408) 92,692,772 92,692,772         91,962,723   91,962,723         1.4406%      Cl B ADRs    (US7802591070) 71,640,123 143,280,246        72,054,467   144,108,934        2.2574%

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

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying    Financial Instruments    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                Number of voting                                     Exercise/  rights    Type of                          Conversion instrument       % of voting    financial    Exercise Expiration period     refers to        rights    instrument   price    date       [xviii]                                                                 Nominal Delta

    Total (A+B+C)    Number of voting rights        % of voting rights             319,037,446                         4.9976%

    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:                                                      Percent of                                                                   Outstanding    Capital Guardian Trust Company       Number of Shares                                                                        0.096%    Capital International Limited               6,111,876                                                                        0.006%    Capital International SArl                    378,755                                                                        0.003%    Capital International, Inc.                   192,214                                                                        0.004%    Capital Research and Management               272,184    Company                                                             4.889%                                              312,082,417

    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                                                       Mark Edwards    14. Contact Information                       Royal Dutch Shell plc    15. Contact Telephone Number                     +44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc