Royal Dutch Shell plc: Transaction in Own Shares

LONDON, August 16, 2018 -

Royal Dutch Shell plc (the 'Company') (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on August 16, 2018 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares for cancellation.

    Aggregated information on "A" shares purchased according to trading venues:
    
                                                                     Volume
                                                                   weighted
                                                              average price    
                       Number of  Highest price  Lowest price      paid per
            Date of   "A" shares          paid:         paid:         share
           purchase    purchased          (GBp)         (GBp)         (GBp)         Venue
                                                                                
    August 16, 2018      786,480        2487.00      2454.50        2477.71           LSE
    
                                                                              Cboe Europe
                                                                                 Equities
    August 16, 2018      208,917        2486.50      2454.50        2477.81         (BXE)
  
                                                                              Cboe Europe
                                                                                 Equities
    August 16, 2018      202,278        2487.00      2454.50        2477.85         (CXE)

These share purchases form part of the Company's existing share buy-back programme, details of which were announced on July 26, 2018.

In respect of this programme, Citigroup Global Markets Limited will make trading decisions in relation to the Company's securities independently of the Company for the period July 26, 2018 up to and including October 25, 2018.

Any such acquisitions will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below:

https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/731735/Royal_Dutch_Shell_August_16.pdf

LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70

Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc