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

LONDON, February 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

    Royal Dutch Shell plc (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 (Group)
                                                              Legal &
                                                              General
                                                             Investment
                                                             Management
                                                           Limited (LGIM)
    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Legal &
                                                           General
                                                           Assurance
                                                           (Pensions
                                                           Management)
                                                           Limited (PMC)

                                                           Legal &
                                                           General Group
                                                           Plc (L&G)
    5. Date of the transaction and date on which the         1 February
    threshold is crossed or reached:                            2010
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                        3 February
                                                                2010
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:           Above 5%
                                                              (Group)

                                                              Above 5%
                                                               (LGIM)


    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  Below 5%
    0.07 (UK)    (as at    135,888,521 123,355,688 12,532,833 4.5758% 0.4649%
               22/01/2010)

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



    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
            135,888,521                     5.04%

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) (135,888,521 -
    5.04% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and
    Indirect) (LGIMH) (135,888,521 - 5.04% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
    (135,888,521 - 5.04% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (123,355,688 - 4.57% = LGAS,
    LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment Management  Legal & General Insurance Holdings
    (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)   Limited
    (105,880,893 - 3.92% = PMC)            (Direct) (LGIH)

    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions    Legal & General Assurance Society
    Management) Limited (PMC) (105,880,893 Limited
    - 3.92% = 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
    13. Additional information:
    Notification using the total voting rights figure of 2,695,808,103

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc