Royal Dutch Shell plc: Holdings in Company

LONDON, March 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- TR-1 (i) Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

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

    2. Reason for the notification                             State
                                                               Yes/No
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                 Yes
    An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
    which may result in the
    acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
    rights are attached
    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
    Other (please specify):
    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification     Legal &
    obligation (iii):                                      General Group
                                                            Plc (Group)

                                                              Legal &
                                                              General
                                                             Investment
                                                             Management
                                                           Limited (LGIM)

    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)     Legal &
    (iv):                                                     General
                                                             Assurance
                                                             (Pensions
                                                            Management)
                                                           Limited (PMC)

                                                              Legal &
                                                           General Group
                                                             Plc (L&G)
    5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the      2 June 2008 (4
    threshold is crossed                                     June 2008)
    or reached if different) (v):
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                       5 June 2008
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:           Above 5%
                                                              (Group)

                                                              Above 5%
                                                               (LGIM)
    8. Notified details:

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type   Situation                  Resulting situation
    of shares   previous to                after the triggering
        if          the                      transaction (vii)
     possible   Triggering
    using the   transaction
    ISIN CODE      (vi)

               Number Number   Number      Number of voting      % of voting
                 of     of       of           rights (ix)          rights
               Shares Voting   shares
                      Rights
                      (viii)
                                          Direct    Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                            (x)       (xi)
    B ORD EURO
    0.07         Below 5%    136,999,911 127,421,300 9,578,611 4.653   0.349
    B: Financial Instruments

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

     Type of   Expiration    Exercise/      Number of    % of voting
    financial  date (xiii)   Conversion       voting       rights
    instrument              Period/ Date   rights that
                               (xiv)          may be
                                           acquired if
                                               the
                                          instrument is
                                            exercised/
                                            converted

    Total (A+B)                  136,999,911
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
                               5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
    (136,999,911 - 5.00% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and
    Indirect) (LGIMH)
    (136,999,911 - 5.00% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
    (136,999,911 - 5.00% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (127,421,300 - 4.65% = LGAS,
    LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General
    (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)     Insurance Holdings Limited
    (105,203,528 - 3.84% = PMC)              (Direct) (LGIH)


    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance
    Management) Limited (PMC) (105,203,528   Society Limited
    - 3.84% = PMC)                           (LGAS & LGPL)

                                             Legal & General Pensions Limited
                                             (Direct)
                                             (LGPL)

    Proxy Voting:

    10. Name of the proxy holder:
    N/A
    11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
    to hold:
    N/A
    12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
    voting rights:
    N/A
    13. Additional information:
    Notification using the total voting rights figure of 2,738,450,881

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc