TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, November 13, 2014 /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                                       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 obligation:                           The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
    4. Full name of shareholder(s)
    (if different from 3.):                                     See answer to Question 9
    5. Date of the transaction and date on
    which the threshold is crossed or
    reached: [v]                                                        11 November 2014
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   12 November 2014
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
    reached:                                                                    Above 4%

   
    8. Notified details:
    A: Voting rights attached to shares
    Class/type of shares

    if possible    Situation previous
    using          to the triggering              Resulting situation after the triggering
    the ISIN CODE  transaction                    transaction
                                   Number
                   Number          of
                   of              Voting       Number     Number of voting  % of voting
                   Shares          Rights       of shares  rights            rights
                                                Direct     Direct  Indirect  Direct Indirect
      A Ordinary

    (GB00B03MLX29)    27,363,326    27,363,326                   27,363,326         0.4308%
        A ADRs

    (US7802592060)    18,233,911    36,467,822                   37,175,022         0.5853%
      B Ordinary

    (GB00B03MM408)    72,022,615    72,022,615                   72,023,615         1.1340%
        B ADRs

    (US7802591070)    58,760,234   117,520,468                  117,520,468         1.8503%

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

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
    Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                             Number of voting         % of
                                                 Exercise/   rights instrument      voting
    Type of 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
                254,082,431                                                       4.0004%

   
    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
    The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG")
    holdings

    Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:        Number of            Percent of
                                                             Shares           Outstanding
    Capital Guardian Trust Company                        1,732,863                0.027%
    Capital International Limited                           581,157                0.009%
    Capital International SArl                              458,113                0.007%
    Capital International, Inc.                             333,100                0.005%
    Capital Research and Management Company             250,977,198                3.952%

    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

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc