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

LONDON, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
    issuer of existing shares to which voting          Royal Dutch Shell plc
    rights are attached: [ii]                         (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:                                          BlackRock, Inc.
    4. Full name of shareholder(s)
    (if different from 3.):
    5. Date of the transaction and
    date on which the threshold is
    crossed or reached: [v]                               23 May 2016
    6. Date on which issuer
    notified:                                             24 May 2016
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are           Voting rights attached to shares holding for
    crossed or reached:                       BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 5%    
                                      

   
    8. Notified details:
    A: Voting rights attached to shares
    Class/type Situation previous     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
    of         to the triggering
    shares     transaction

    if possible    Number       Number       Number    Number of         % of voting rights
    using the      of           of           of shares voting rights           
    ISIN CODE      Shares       Voting                 
                                Rights       Direct    Direct Indirect     Direct Indirect
    GB00B03MLX29   245,741,458  245,741,458  N/A       N/A    245,434,132  N/A    3.05%
    GB00B03MM408   118,023,427  118,023,427  N/A       N/A    244,837,260  N/A    3.05%

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
    Type of financial  Expiration   Exercise/               Number of        % of voting
    instrument         date         Conversion Period       voting           rights
                                                            rights that
                                                            may be
                                                            acquired if
                                                            the
                                                            instrument is
                                                            exercised/
                                                            converted.
    Securities Lending                                      6,876,783        0.08%
    American Depository
    Receipt
    (GB00B03MLX29)                                          3,199,872        0.03%
    American Depository
    Receipt
    (GB00B03MM408)                                          1,634,396        0.02%

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
    Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

                                              Exercise/      Number of      % of voting
    Type of financial  Exercise   Expiration  Conversion     voting rights  rights
    instrument         price      date        period         instrument
                                                             refers to
 
    CFD                                                      2,805,831      Nominal  Delta
                                                                            0.03%    0.03%

    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights
    504,788,274                                             6.29%

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

    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 20 7934 2817

   
                                                         % of voting
                                                         rights through
                                         % of voting     financial
                                         rights if it    instruments if it Total of both
                                         equals or is    equals or is      if it equals or
                                         higher than the higher than the   is higher than
                                         notifiable      notifiable        the notifiable
    Name                                 threshold       threshold         threshold
    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
    BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
    BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
    BlackRock Fund Advisors
    BlackRock Institutional Trust
    Company, National Association

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    Trident Merger, LLC
    BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
    BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
    BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
    BlackRock Fund Advisors

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.
    BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.
    BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
    BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
    BlackRock Cayco Limited
    BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited
    BlackRock Japan Holdings GK
    BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.
    BlackRock Advisors, LLC

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC
    BlackRock Canada Holdings LP
    BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC
    BlackRock Asset Management Canada
    Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock International Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
    BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

    BlackRock, Inc.
    Xulu, Inc.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.
    BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
    BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
    BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.
    BlackRock Advisors, LLC
    BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44-(0)20-7934-2817

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