Issuance of New Shares

16th Dec 2011 14:29

Royal Dutch Shell plc

ISSUANCE OF NEW SHARES

Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that it has today issued 27,277,014 A Ordinary shares in relation to the scrip dividend programme for the third 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 3,668,550,437 and the total number of B shares is 2,661,403,172. Royal Dutch Shell plc holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.

This announcement will be available on http://www.shell.com/investor.

December 16, 2011Mark EdwardsDeputy Company SecretaryENQUIRIESMedia Contacts:International

Shell Media Relations +31 70 377 3600

Shell Investor Relations:

The Hague

Tjerk Huysinga +31 70 377 3996

North America:

Ken Lawrence: +1 713 241 2069

XLON

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