Royal Dutch Shell plc 2017 Interim Dividend Timetable

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, November 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today announced the intended timetable for the 2017 quarterly interim dividends.

2017 Interim Dividend Timetable  

   
                            4th Quarter     1st Quarter     2nd Quarter     3rd Quarter
                                   2016            2017            2017            2017
                             February 2,          May 4,        July 27,     November 2,
    Announcement date              2017            2017            2017            2017

    Ex-dividend date RDS    February 15,         May 17,       August 9,    November 15,
    A and RDS B ADSs               2017            2017            2017            2017
    Ex-dividend date RDS    February 16,         May 18,      August 10,    November 16,
    A and RDS B shares             2017            2017            2017            2017


                            February 17,         May 19,      August 11,    November 17,
    Record date                    2017            2017            2017            2017

    Scrip reference
    share price             February 23,         May 25,      August 17,    November 23,
    announcement date              2017            2017            2017            2017
    Closing of scrip
    election and
    currency election           March 3,         June 5,      August 25,     December 1,
    (See Note)                     2017            2017            2017            2017

    Pounds sterling and
    euro equivalents           March 10,        June 12,    September 4,     December 7,
    announcement date              2017            2017            2017            2017
                               March 27,        June 26,   September 18,    December 20,
    Payment date                   2017            2017            2017            2017

Note  

Both a different scrip and currency election date may apply to shareholders holding shares in a securities account with a bank or financial institution ultimately holding through Euroclear Nederland. This may also apply to other shareholders who do not hold their shares either directly on the Register of Members or in the corporate sponsored nominee arrangement. Shareholders can contact their broker, financial intermediary, bank or financial institution for the election deadline that applies. A different scrip election date may apply to registered and non-registered ADS holders. Registered ADS holders can contact The Bank of New York Mellon for the election deadline that applies. Non-registered ADS holders can contact their broker, financial intermediary, bank or financial institution for the election deadline that applies.

The 2017 interim dividend timetable is also available on http://www.shell.com/dividend

Royal Dutch Shell plc 

The Hague, November 1, 2016 

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This announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch Shell. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations that are based on management's current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Royal Dutch Shell to market risks and statements expressing management's expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as '‘anticipate'’, '‘believe'’, '‘could'’, '‘estimate'’, '‘expect'’, '‘goals'’, '‘intend'’, '‘may'’, '‘objectives'’, '‘outlook'’, '‘plan'’, '‘probably'’, '‘project'’, '‘risks'’, "schedule", '‘seek'’, '‘should'’, '‘target'’, '‘will'’ and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect the future operations of Royal Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this announcement, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand for Shell's products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments including regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; and (m) changes in trading conditions. There can be no assurance that future dividend payments will match or exceed previous dividend payments. All forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional risk factors that may affect future results are contained in Royal Dutch Shell's Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015 (available at http://www.shell.com/investor and http://www.sec.gov ). These risk factors also expressly qualify all forward-looking statements contained in this announcement and should be considered by the reader. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this announcement, November 1, 2016. Neither Royal Dutch Shell plc nor any of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement.

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We may have used certain terms, such as resources, in this announcement that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strictly prohibits us from including in our filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F, File No 1-32575, available on the SEC website http://www.sec.gov . You can also obtain this form from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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