LONDON, October 2, 2014 /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
are attached: (ii)
Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B)
2 Reason for the notification State
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 No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
to qualifying financial instruments No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
Other (please specify): No
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) 30 September 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified: 1 October 2014
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
using to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction transaction
Number
Number of
of Voting Number Number of voting
Shares Rights of shares rights % of voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
A Ordinary
(GB00B03MLX29) 27,335,076 27,335,076 27,335,076 0.429%
A ADRs
(US7802592060) 18,233,911 36,467,822 36,467,822 0.572%
B Ordinary
(GB00B03MM408) 70,507,716 70,507,716 70,507,716 1.106%
B ADRs
(US7802591070) 60,337,556 120,675,112 117,520,468 1.844%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ instrument is % of 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
Exercise/ rights instrument % of voting
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Conversion refers to rights
instrument price date period
Nominal Delta
N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
251,831,082 3.952%
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 Shares Percent of Outstanding
Capital Guardian Trust Company
1,713,063 0.027%
Capital International Limited
589,357 0.009%
Capital International SArl
455,214 0.007%
Capital International, Inc.
311,800 0.005%
Capital Research and Management Company
248,761,648 3.904%
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
Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44-20-7934-2817
SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc