Royal Dutch Shell plc: TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the
       underlying issuer of existing shares
       to which voting rights are attached: [ii]                   Royal Dutch Shell plc
                                                                 (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B)
    2. Reason for the notification (please tick the
       appropriate box or boxes):

       An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                     X

       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

       Other (please specify):

    3. Full name of person(s) subject
       to the notification obligation:                             Legal & General Group
                                                                               Plc (L&G)

    4. Full name of shareholder(s)
       (if different from 3.):                                                       N/A

    5. Date of the transaction and date
       on which the threshold is crossed or
       reached: [v]                                                         17 June 2013

    6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       25 June 2013

    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed
       or reached:                                                        Below 3% (L&G)

    8. Notified details:

       A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type    Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering
    of            to the triggering                         transaction
    shares           transaction

    if                       Number    Number      Number of voting      % of voting rights
    possible      Number     of        of               rights
    using         of         Voting    shares
    the ISIN      Shares     Rights    Direct      Direct   Indirect      Direct   Indirect
    CODE


     A and B         221,908,751    190,081,772 190,081,772                2.99%
    Ordinary            3.49%
    shares of
    EUR 0.07      (as on 30/05/2012)

       B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                Number of
                                                                voting
                                                                rights that
                                                                may be
                                                                acquired if
                                                                the
                                                                instrument is
    Type of financial     Expiration  Exercise/                 exercised/    % of voting
    instrument            date        Conversion Period         converted.       rights
             N/A

       C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
          Instruments

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                               Number of
                                                               voting rights
    Type of                                     Exercise/      instrument    % of voting
    financial        Exercise   Expiration      Conversion     refers to         rights
    instrument       price      date            period
          N/A                                                             Nominal     Delta

    Total (A+B+C)

    Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights

         190,081,772                                             2.99%

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

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and
    Indirect) (LGIMH)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (190,081,772 - 2.99% = LGAS,
    LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance
    Holdings Limited

    (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (Direct) (LGIH)

    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society
    Limited

    Management) Limited (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

                                        Notification using the total voting
    13. Additional information:         rights figure of 6,349,863,361
                                        Mark Edwards

    14. Contact name:                   Royal Dutch Shell plc

    15. Contact telephone number:       +44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc