Shell Issues New Shares (The Netherlands)

Royal Dutch Shell plc announced that it has issued 22,265,954 A Ordinary shares in relation to the scrip dividend programme for the second quarter 2011 interim dividend.

Following this issue and the cancellation of shares previously bought back and announced, the total number of A shares in issuance is 3,641,273,423 and the total number of B shares is 2,676,187,490.

Royal Dutch Shell plc holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.

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Source: Shell, September 20, 2011;