4th Feb 2008 16:36
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS / PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILTIES AND CONNECTED PERSONS
Date of Notification: 01 February 2008
Today's date: 04 February 2008
Name of Issuer: Royal Dutch Shell plc
Date of transaction: 01 February 2008
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 2007.
Consideration for the transaction:
Percentage of cash value of the 2007 annual bonus awards that is to be converted into shares
Jeroen van der Veer 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬1,443,000
Malcolm Brinded 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 800,800
Rob Routs 40% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 572,000
Linda Cook 50% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 704,275
Peter Voser 25% of bonus ¢â€š¬ 352,138
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 75,250 RDSA
Malcolm Brinded 42,527 RDSBRob Routs 29,828 RDSALinda Cook 18,268 RDS.APeter Voser 18,362 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, 2006.
Name of contact: Mark EdwardsPhone number of contact: 020 7934 2817
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL 'B' PLCRelated Shares:
RDSA.LRDSB.L