LONDON, September 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights Royal Dutch Shell plc
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 The Capital Group
notification obligation: 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] 9 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer
notified: 10 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or
reached: Below 4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares if
possible Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
using the to the triggering transaction
ISIN CODE transaction
Number Number Number of
of of Number voting % of voting
Shares Voting of shares rights rights
Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
A Ordinary
(GB00B03MLX29) 31,534,212 31,534,212 31,534,212 0.4959%
A ADRs
(US7802592060) 17,233,316 34,466,632 33,866,632 0.5326%
B Ordinary
(GB00B03MM408) 84,272,341 84,272,341 83,772,341 1.3175%
B ADRs
(US7802591070) 52,449,595 104,899,190 104,551,790 1.6443%
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
Exercise/ Number of % of voting
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Conversion voting rights rights
instrument price date period instrument
refers to
N/A Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
253,724,975 3.9904%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Number of Shares Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG")
holdings 253,724,975 3.990%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and
Funds:
Capital Guardian Trust Company 230,995 0.004%
Capital International Limited 92,495 0.001%
Capital International SArl 139,342 0.002%
Capital International, Inc. 75,500 0.001%
Capital Research and Management Company 253,186,643 3.982%
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:
Mark Edwards
14. Contact name: Royal Dutch Shell plc
15. Contact telephone
number: +44-20-7934-6024
SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc
