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