Royal Dutch Shell plc: Holdings in Company
LONDON, September 7, 2012 /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: Royal Dutch Shell plc
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
Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and
Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII")
will no longer report relevant holdings
under management separately. Instead the
relevant holdings under management by CRMC
and CGII will be reported in aggregate by
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC"). It
is solely for this reason (and not as a
result of any additional acquisition or
Other (please disposal) that CGC is reporting this
specify): aggregated holding. X
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: 3 September 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 September 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed Above 5%
or reached:
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares
if possible Situation previous Resulting situation after
using to the triggering the triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction transaction
Number Number
Number of Number of
of Voting of voting % of voting
Shares Rights shares rights rights
Direct Indirect
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
A Ordinary
(GB00B03MLX29) 13,935,071 13,935,071 13,926,993 13,926,993 0.2194%
A ADRs
(US7802592060) 44,861,460 89,722,920 44,861,460 89,722,920 1.4137%
B Ordinary
(GB00B03MM408) 100,088,987 100,088,987 100,088,987 100,088,987 1.5771%
B ADRs
(US7802591070) 74,075,901 148,151,802 74,075,901 148,151,802 2.3344%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of
voting
rights that may
be
acquired if the
Exercise/ instrument is
Type of financial Expiration Conversion exercised/ % of voting
instrument date Period converted. rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
Exercise/ rights % of voting
Type of Expiration Conversion instrument rights
financial Exercise date period refers to
instrument price
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
351,890,702 5.5446%
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 Percent of
Funds: Number of Shares Outstanding
Capital Guardian Trust Company 10,668,607 0.168%
Capital International Limited 846,098 0.013%
Capital International SArl 453,186 0.007%
Capital International, Inc. 849,249 0.014%
Capital Research and Management Company 339,028,562 5.342%
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: +44-207-934-2817
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares[xxii]
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal
entities) The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Contact address
(registered office for legal entities) Los Angeles, California 90071
+1(213)615-0469
Phone number & email [email protected]
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for
legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name Vivien Tan
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Contact address Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email +1(213)615-0469
Other useful information(e.g.
functional relationship with the
person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation) Fax: +1(213) 615-4056
C: Additional information
Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company
("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer
report relevant holdings under management separately. With effect from 1
September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII will be
reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc
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