Directorate Change

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC - Directorate Change

PR Newswire

London, December 13

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") announces that Mr Gerrit Zalm has beenappointed a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from January 1,2013. Mr Zalm is the Chairman of the Board of Management of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.,a position he has held since February 2009. Prior to that Mr Zalm was theMinister of Finance of the Netherlands from 1994-2002 and from 2003-2007. MrZalm will seek re-appointment by shareholders at the next Annual GeneralMeeting (AGM), scheduled to be held in May 2013.

Mr Jeroen van der Veer, a Non-executive Director of the Company since July 2009and a Member of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee, andpreviously Chief Executive from October 2004 until July 2009, has elected toretire from the Board at the close of business of the 2013 AGM.

"When Jeroen van der Veer steps down in 2013 he will have completed 42 years ofexemplary service to the Company of which 16 years as a director of theCompany, including as the Chief Executive during a difficult period followed bya transition and successful unification" it was noted by the Chairman JormaOllila.

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