Royal Dutch Shell plc
ISSUANCE OF NEW SHARES
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") announces that it has today issued 58,949,369 A ordinary shares of €0.07 each in relation to the scrip dividend programme for the third 2016 interim dividend.
Following this issue, the total number of A shares in issue is 4,428,903,813 ordinary shares of €0.07 each and the total number of B shares is 3,745,486,731 ordinary shares of €0.07 each. A shares and B shares have identical voting rights. The Company holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.
The total number of A shares and B shares in issue is 8,174,390,544 ordinary shares of €0.07 each and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Royal Dutch Shell plc under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
This announcement will be available on http://www.shell.com/investor.
December 16, 2016
Mark Edwards
Deputy Company Secretary
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