Holding(s) in Company

13th Jan 2009 16:17

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS 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 (A Shares)

2. Reason for the notification State

Yes/No

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting

rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Legal & General obligation (iii): Group Plc (L&G) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) Legal & General (iv): Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 8 January 2009 threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v): 6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 January

2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: From 4% to 3% (L&G) 8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/ Situation Resulting situation type of previous to the after the triggering shares Triggering transaction (vii) if transaction (vi) possible using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting of of of rights (ix) rights Shares Voting shares Rights (viii) Direct Indirect Direct Indirect (x) (xi) A ORD 30,519,891 30,519,891 24,426,423 24,426,423 0.68 EURO 0.07 (UK)

A ORD 117,696,705 117,696,705 116,540,913 116,540,913 3.28

EURO 0.07 (NL) ADRs 47,886 95,772 31,800 63,600 0.0017

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting financial date (xiii) Conversion voting rights instrument Period/ Date rights that may (xiv) be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 141,030,936 3.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and Indirect) (LGIMH)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (141,030,936 - 3.97% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Legal & General Insurance

Holdings Limited

Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (122,831,680 - 3.46% (Direct) (LGIH)

= PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance

Society Limited

Limited (PMC) (122,831,680 - 3.46% = PMC) (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)

(LGPL) 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

13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 3,545,663,973

14. Contact name:

Mark Edwards, Royal Dutch Shell plc

15. Contact telephone number: 020 7934 2817

vendor

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Related Shares:

RDSA.LRDSB.L