Royal Dutch Shell Plc: Result of Annual General Meeting

LONDON, May 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces the poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday May 24, 2016 at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW The Hague, The Netherlands. Resolutions 1-18 were carried and resolution 19 (Shareholder resolution) was not carried.

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

   
                                                      VOTES                 VOTES
                       RESOLUTION                      FOR          %      AGAINST      %
    1  Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts        4,188,410,385 99.01    42,011,391  0.99
    2  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report 3,469,740,309 85.83   573,049,761 14.17
    3  Reappointment of Ben van Beurden           4,169,535,220 99.58    17,773,835  0.42
    4  Reappointment of Guy Elliott               4,169,238,247 99.58    17,757,831  0.42
    5  Reappointment of Euleen Goh                4,144,782,811 98.99    42,202,382  1.01
    6  Reappointment of Simon Henry               4,150,789,272 99.31    28,984,388  0.69
    7  Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday       4,126,618,069 98.56    60,386,265  1.44
    8  Reappointment of Gerard Kleisterlee        3,856,989,347 93.35   274,768,733  6.65
    9  Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald       4,168,128,173 99.55    18,837,848  0.45
    10 Reappointment of Linda G. Stuntz           4,169,243,593 99.58    17,778,861  0.42
    11 Reappointment of Hans Wijers               4,159,707,300 99.35    27,239,919  0.65
    12 Reappointment of Patricia A. Woertz        4,131,694,697 98.68    55,406,603  1.32
    13 Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm               4,128,694,388 99.25    31,326,980  0.75
    14 Reappointment of Auditor                   3,904,174,125 92.47   317,935,471  7.53
    15 Remuneration of Auditor                    4,223,122,293 99.84     6,604,220  0.16
    16 Authority to allot shares                  4,147,107,132 98.14    78,673,410  1.86
    17 Disapplication of pre-emption rights*      4,186,534,360 99.12    37,159,884  0.88
    18 Authority to purchase own shares*          4,172,119,936 98.69    55,196,293  1.31
    19 Shareholder resolution*                      114,074,036  2.78 3,995,029,228 97.22

(table continued below)

  
                                                      VOTES      % of ISC     VOTES
                       RESOLUTION                     TOTAL        VOTED     WITHHELD
    1  Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts        4,230,421,776    52.74%    3,829,452
    2  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report 4,042,790,070    50.40%  191,483,188
    3  Reappointment of Ben van Beurden           4,187,309,055    52.21%   46,830,273
    4  Reappointment of Guy Elliott               4,186,996,078    52.20%   47,176,217
    5  Reappointment of Euleen Goh                4,186,985,193    52.20%   47,141,463
    6  Reappointment of Simon Henry               4,179,773,660    52.11%   54,401,060
    7  Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday       4,187,004,334    52.20%   47,124,702
    8  Reappointment of Gerard Kleisterlee        4,131,758,080    51.51%  102,352,440
    9  Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald       4,186,966,021    52.20%   47,201,661
    10 Reappointment of Linda G. Stuntz           4,187,022,454    52.20%   47,085,815
    11 Reappointment of Hans Wijers               4,186,947,219    52.20%   47,145,407
    12 Reappointment of Patricia A. Woertz        4,187,101,300    52.20%   46,997,258
    13 Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm               4,160,021,368    51.87%   74,034,558
    14 Reappointment of Auditor                   4,222,109,596    52.64%   12,124,129
    15 Remuneration of Auditor                    4,229,726,513    52.73%    4,482,033
    16 Authority to allot shares                  4,225,780,542    52.69%    8,381,624
    17 Disapplication of pre-emption rights*      4,223,694,244    52.66%   10,430,864
    18 Authority to purchase own shares*          4,227,316,229    52.70%    6,873,769
    19 Shareholder resolution*                    4,109,103,264    51.23%  124,675,299

* Special resolution

Please note that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English Law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

May 24, 2016

Mark Edwards
Deputy Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc

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