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

LONDON, November 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B)

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


    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
     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]                                                 13 November 2014

    6. Date on which issuer notified:                            15 November 2014

    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   Direct  Indirect
      A Ordinary

    (GB00B03MLX29) 27,363,326    27,363,326                 26,233,793           0.4130%
        A ADRs

    (US7802592060) 18,587,511    37,175,022                 37,175,022           0.5853%
      B Ordinary

    (GB00B03MM408) 72,023,615    72,023,615                 72,014,216           1.1338%
        B ADRs

    (US7802591070) 58,760,234   117,520,468                117,520,468           1.8503%

    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
                           252,943,499                                            3.9825%

   
    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            Percent of
                                                             Shares           Outstanding
    Capital Guardian Trust Company
                                                          1,732,863                0.027%
    Capital International Limited
                                                            581,157                0.009%
    Capital International SArl
                                                            446,614                0.007%
    Capital International, Inc.
                                                            333,100                0.005%
    Capital Research and Management Company
                                                        249,849,765                3.934%

    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:        +44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc