20th May 2008 16:38
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
Royal Dutch Shell plc ("the Company") announces the Poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on 20th May, 2008 at Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, The Hague, The Netherlands with an audio-visual satellite meeting place at The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London.
A Poll was held on each resolution. All resolutions were carried.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2 two copies of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting today will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HSPoll results:
Resolution 1 : Adoption of Annual Report & Accounts
Votes for: 2,987,998,808 99.73% Votes against: 8,177,525 0.27% Votes withheld: 4,669,221
Resolution 2 : Approval of Remuneration Report
Votes for: 2,636,559,071 92.05% Votes against: 227,650,613 7.95% Votes withheld: 136,538,986
Resolution 3 : Election of Dr.Josef Ackermann as a Director of the Company
Votes for: 2,984,842,635 99.58% Votes against: 12,590,793 0.42% Votes withheld: 3,300,586
Resolution 4 : Re-election of Sir Peter Job as a Director of the Company
Votes for: 2,964,488,419 98.90% Votes against: 32,982,282 1.10% Votes withheld: 3,264,807
Resolution 5 : Re-election of Lawrence Ricciardi as a Director of the Company
Votes for: 2,843,257,181 94.86% Votes against: 154,177,642 5.14% Votes withheld: 3,290,762
Resolution 6 : Re-election of Peter Voser as a Director of the Company
Votes for: 2,981,552,509 99.47% Votes against: 15,916,815 0.53% Votes withheld: 3,247,022
Resolution 7 : Re-appointment of Auditors
Votes for: 2,847,879,535 95.07% Votes against: 147,577,952 4.93% Votes withheld:5,255,517
Resolution 8 : Remuneration of Auditors
Votes for: 2,845,569,780 94.94% Votes against: 151,509,277 5.06% Votes withheld: 3,634,482
Resolution 9 : Authority to allot shares
Votes for: 2,959,407,402 98.80% Votes against: 36,075,027 1.20% Votes withheld: 5,205,388
Resolution 10: Disapplication of pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 2,972,118,280 99.26% Votes against: 22,086,110 0.74% Votes withheld: 6,498,968
Resolution 11: Authority to purchase own shares (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 2,985,691,195 99.65% Votes against: 10,579,594 0.35% Votes withheld: 3,958,993
Resolution 12: Authority for certain donations and expenditure
Votes for: 2,868,921,198 96.80% Votes against: 94,759,380 3.20% Votes withheld: 36,501,326
Resolution 13: Amendments to Long-term Incentive Plan
Votes for: 2,647,332,289 89.05% Votes against: 325,363,986 10.95% Votes withheld: 27,802,464
Resolution 14: Amendments to Restricted Share Plan
Votes for: 1,517,884,288 68.24% Votes against: 706,398,270 31.76%
Votes withheld: 776,213,431 Resolution 15: Adoption of new Articles of Association (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 2,894,845,326 98.41% Votes against: 46,871,330 1.59% Votes withheld: 58,771,001
Please note that a `vote withheld' is not a vote under English Law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes `for' and `against' a resolution.
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