Royal Dutch Shell plc: Result of Annual General Meeting

LONDON, May 23, 2017 /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 23, 2017 at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW The Hague, The Netherlands.  Resolutions 1-20 were carried and resolution 21 (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:  www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

                                                                                       
                                                      VOTES               VOTES        
                       RESOLUTION                      FOR        %      AGAINST      %

    1  Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts        4,381,907,417  98.79    53,464,859  1.21

    2  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy 4,064,279,529  92.34   337,361,835  7.66

    3  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report 4,113,584,774  93.20   299,920,969  6.80

    4  Appointment of Catherine Hughes            4,431,429,729  99.84     6,884,927  0.16

    5  Appointment of Robert Setubal              4,430,365,642  99.83     7,630,703  0.17

    6  Reappointment of Ben van Beurden           4,432,290,742  99.85     6,686,548  0.15

    7  Reappointment of Guy Elliott               4,419,381,575  99.57    19,180,953  0.43

    8  Reappointment of Euleen Goh                4,348,874,086  98.94    46,790,277  1.06

    9  Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday       4,361,921,387  98.28    76,212,775  1.72

    10 Reappointment of Gerard Kleisterlee        4,315,240,885  98.26    76,562,561  1.74

    11 Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald       4,429,455,914  99.79     9,146,587  0.21

    12 Reappointment of Linda G. Stuntz           4,419,608,390  99.57    19,176,463  0.43

    13 Reappointment of Jessica Uhl               4,417,853,704  99.53    20,889,276  0.47

    14 Reappointment of Hans Wijers               4,363,095,443  98.39    71,424,207  1.61

    15 Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm               4,417,263,593  99.52    21,365,111  0.48

    16 Reappointment of Auditor                   4,424,659,247  99.82     8,056,734  0.18

    17 Remuneration of Auditor                    4,432,124,819  99.89     5,094,976  0.11

    18 Authority to allot shares                  4,350,631,593  98.10    84,209,827  1.90

    19 Disapplication of pre-emption rights*      4,366,479,216  98.52    65,587,865  1.48

    20 Authority to purchase own shares*          4,372,775,252  98.63    60,938,047  1.37

    21 Shareholder resolution*                      266,569,040   6.34 3,935,173,765 93.66

Table Continues Below

                                                                      % of
                                                       VOTES          ISC        VOTES
                       RESOLUTION                      TOTAL         VOTED     WITHHELD

    1  Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts          4,435,372,276    53.94%    9,019,780

    2  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy   4,401,641,364    53.53%   37,303,341

    3  Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report   4,413,505,743    53.68%   30,845,259

    4  Appointment of Catherine Hughes              4,438,314,656    53.98%    5,972,340

    5  Appointment of Robert Setubal                4,437,996,345    53.98%    6,268,437

    6  Reappointment of Ben van Beurden             4,438,977,290    53.99%    5,289,843

    7  Reappointment of Guy Elliott                 4,438,562,528    53.98%    5,646,847

    8  Reappointment of Euleen Goh                  4,395,664,363    53.46%   44,162,298

    9  Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday         4,438,134,162    53.98%    6,074,325

    10 Reappointment of Gerard Kleisterlee          4,391,803,446    53.41%   52,404,443

    11 Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald         4,438,602,501    53.98%    5,623,307

    12 Reappointment of Linda G. Stuntz             4,438,784,853    53.99%    5,436,744

    13 Reappointment of Jessica Uhl                 4,438,742,980    53.98%    5,479,621

    14 Reappointment of Hans Wijers                 4,434,519,650    53.93%    9,694,760

    15 Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm                 4,438,628,704    53.98%    5,569,347

    16 Reappointment of Auditor                     4,432,715,981    53.91%   11,616,348

    17 Remuneration of Auditor                      4,437,219,795    53.97%    7,083,623

    18 Authority to allot shares                    4,434,841,420    53.94%    9,423,226

    19 Disapplication of pre-emption rights*        4,432,067,081    53.90%   12,199,132

    20 Authority to purchase own shares*            4,433,713,299    53.92%   10,579,657

    21 Shareholder resolution*                      4,201,742,805    51.10%  235,047,934

* 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 23, 2017

Mark Edwards

Deputy Company Secretary

Royal Dutch Shell plc

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