5th Feb 2007 17:10
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS / PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILTIES AND CONNECTED PERSONS
Date of Notification: 02 February 2007
Today's date: 05 February 2007
Name of Issuer: Royal Dutch Shell plc
Date of transaction ("DATE"): 02 February 2007
Notification relating to a transaction notified in accordance with: DR 3.1.4 R (1)(a)
Name of Directors:
Directors who have interests in employee share plans (names listed below)
Nature of the transaction:
Confirmation of the number of RDS shares deferred under the Deferred Bonus Plan (DBP) representing a percentage of their annual bonus that will be disclosed for performance year 2006.
Consideration for the transaction:
Percentage of cash value of the 2006 annual bonus awards that is to be converted into shares
Jeroen van der Veer 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬1,020,000
Malcolm Brinded 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 645,000
Rob Routs 40% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 458,400
Linda Cook 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 561,000
Peter Voser 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 561,000
Classes of security:
Royal Dutch Shell Class A - American depositary receipt ("RDS.A")
Royal Dutch Shell Class A - ordinary shares ("RDSA")
Royal Dutch Shell Class B - ordinary shares ("RDSB")
Directors
Jeroen van der Veer 48,813 RDSA
Malcolm Brinded 31,271 RDSBRob Routs 21,938 RDSALinda Cook 13,425 RDS.APeter Voser 26,846 RDSA
The DBP provides for Directors to accrue dividends in the form of shares ("dividend shares") on their deferred bonus shares and, provided certain conditions are met, to receive one guaranteed matching share for every four deferred bonus and dividend shares. Additional performance related matching shares can be earned depending on the performance of the Company, the number of such additional matching shares ranging from nil to three for every four deferred bonus shares and dividend shares held.
For the purposes of disclosure and maintenance of certain statutory records, the number of shares is taken to be the number of deferred bonus shares, dividend shares on such deferred bonus shares, and the guaranteed matching shares. Further details of the DBP can be found in the Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Name of contact: Mark EdwardsPhone number of contact: 020 7934 2817
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLCRelated Shares:
RDSA.L