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

LONDON, May 20, 2013 /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: [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    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:               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]                                      16 May 2013    6. Date on which issuer notified:                 17 May 2013    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed    or    reached:                                           Below 4%

    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                   Shares           Rights       of shares     rights  % of voting rights                                                Direct Direct Indirect DirectIndirect      A Ordinary    (GB00B03MLX29)    6,220,033    6,220,033                 6,212,003        0.0976%        A ADRs    (US7802592060)    26,339,494   52,678,988               51,299,856        0.8057%      B Ordinary    (GB00B03MM408)    73,755,558   73,755,558               73,734,073        1.1580%        B ADRs    (US7802591070)    62,941,198  125,882,396              122,803,688        1.9287%    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 effectto Qualifying FinancialInstruments    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                           254,049,620                                             3.99%

    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                                                   Number of       Percent of                                                      Shares      Outstanding    Holdings by CG Management Companies and    Funds:                                         5,439,627           0.085%    Capital Guardian Trust Company                   355,267           0.006%    Capital International Limited                    180,428           0.003%    Capital International SArl                       245,164           0.004%    Capital International, Inc.                  247,829,134           3.892%    Capital Research and Management Company    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 name:                Royal Dutch Shell plc    15. Contact telephone number:    +44-20-7934-2817

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