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

LONDON, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

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

    2. Reason for the notification                            State
                                                             Yes/No

    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights              Yes
    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   Legal &
    obligation:                                             General Group
                                                            Plc (L&G)

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

    5. Date of the transaction and date on which the        9 May 2011
    threshold is crossed or reached:

    6. Date on which issuer notified:                       10 May 2011

    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:         From 4% to 3%
                                                            (L&G)
    8. Notified details:

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type   Situation       Resulting situation after the triggering
    of shares   previous to                    transaction
        if          the
     possible   Triggering
    using the   transaction
    ISIN CODE
               Number Number  Number of    Number of voting     % of voting
                 of     of     shares           rights            rights
               Shares Voting
                      Rights
                                           Direct    Indirect Direct Indirect
    B ORD EURO  115,662,061
    0.07 (UK)
                  (As at     107,696,428 107,696,428          3.99%
                22/03/2010)

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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


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

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

     Type of   Exercise Expiration  Exercise      Number of   % of voting
    financial   Price      date    /Conversion      voting      rights
    instrument                       Period        rights
                                                 instrument
                                                  refers to
                                                              Nominal  Delta


    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights

            107,696,428                     3.99%

    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) (107,696,428 - 3.99% = LGAS,
    LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment            Legal & General Insurance Holdings
    Management Limited                    (Direct) (LGIH)
    (Holdings) Limited (Direct)
    (LGIMHD)
    (91,059,426 - 3.38% = PMC)

    Legal & General Assurance             Legal & General Assurance Society
    (Pensions Management)                 Limited
     Limited (PMC) (91,059,426
    (LGAS & LGPL)
    - 3.38% = PMC)

                                          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 2,695,808,103

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc