LONDON, May 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) ("the Company") announces the poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on 18th May, 2010 at Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, The Hague, The Netherlands with an audio-visual link to a satellite meeting place at The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, UK. Resolutions 1 to 22 were carried and Resolution 23 was lost.
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 Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Resolution 1 : Adoption of Annual Report & Accounts
Votes for: 3,555,325,428 99.96%
Votes against: 1,413,503 0.04%
Votes withheld: 12,711,002
Resolution 2 : Approval of Remuneration Report
Votes for: 3,432,005,657 98.73%
Votes against: 44,202,098 1.27%
Votes withheld: 93,236,006
Resolution 3 : Appointment of Charles O. Holliday as a Director
Votes for: 3,508,252,911 99.37%
Votes against: 22,286,450 0.63%
Votes withheld: 2,311,099
Resolution 4 : Re-appointment of Josef Ackermann as a Director
Votes for: 3,257,604,251 92.28%
Votes against: 272,667,504 7.72%
Votes withheld: 2,569,958
Resolution 5 : Re-appointment of Malcolm Brinded as a Director
Votes for: 3,514,232,905 99.54%
Votes against: 16,347,330 0.46%
Votes withheld: 2,192,448
Resolution 6 : Re-appointment of Simon Henry as a Director
Votes for: 3,514,428,348 99.54%
Votes against: 16,218,042 0.46%
Votes withheld: 2,168,294
Resolution 7 : Re-appointment of Lord Kerr of Kinlochard as a Director
Votes for: 3,516,850,477 99.61%
Votes against: 13,735,050 0.39%
Votes withheld: 2,208,739
Resolution 8 : Re-appointment of Wim Kok as a Director
Votes for: 3,517,430,814 99.62%
Votes against: 13,266,298 0.38%
Votes withheld: 2,150,945
Resolution 9 : Re-appointment of Nick Land as a Director
Votes for: 3,462,045,354 98.06%
Votes against: 68,521,137 1.94%
Votes withheld: 2,286,230
Resolution 10 : Re-appointment of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director
Votes for: 3,518,161,414 99.65%
Votes against: 12,457,487 0.35%
Votes withheld: 2,235,671
Resolution 11 : Re-appointment of Jorma Ollila as a Director
Votes for: 3,458,932,985 97.97%
Votes against: 71,662,300 2.03%
Votes withheld: 2,194,777
Resolution 12 : Re-appointment of Jeroen van der Veer as a Director
Votes for: 3,475,441,603 98.44%
Votes against: 55,193,677 1.56%
Votes withheld: 2,199,078
Resolution 13 : Re-appointment of Peter Voser as a Director
Votes for: 3,516,090,139 99.59%
Votes against: 14,602,876 0.41%
Votes withheld: 2,141,699
Resolution 14 : Re-appointment of Hans Wijers as a Director
Votes for: 3,516,385,993 99.60%
Votes against: 14,165,186 0.40%
Votes withheld: 2,241,535
Resolution 15 : Re-appointment of Auditors
Votes for: 3,497,593,079 98.15%
Votes against: 65,964,461 1.85%
Votes withheld:5,688,551
Resolution 16 : Remuneration of Auditors
Votes for: 3,482,623,922 98.14%
Votes against: 66,131,414 1.86%
Votes withheld: 2,740,438
Resolution 17: Authority to allot shares
Votes for: 3,491,325,293 98.92%
Votes against: 38,151,072 1.08%
Votes withheld: 3,356,841
Resolution 18: Disapplication of pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 3,504,767,238 99.37%
Votes against: 22,214,499 0.63%
Votes withheld: 4,001,232
Resolution 19: Authority to purchase own shares (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 3,554,842,444 99.68%
Votes against: 11,263,746 0.32%
Votes withheld: 3,169,930
Resolution 20: Authority for Scrip Dividend Scheme
Votes for: 3,558,559,160 99.85%
Votes against: 5,407,974 0.15%
Votes withheld: 5,297,861
Resolution 21: Authority for certain donations and expenditure
Votes for: 3,450,742,885 97.71%
Votes against: 80,779,962 2.29%
Votes withheld: 37,639,999
Resolution 22: Adoption of new Articles of Association (Special
Resolution)
Votes for: 3,553,582,245 99.70%
Votes against: 10,596,374 0.30%
Votes withheld: 5,002,523
Resolution 23: Shareholder Resolution (Special Resolution)
Votes for: 191,469,684 5.74%
Votes against: 3,144,391,706 94.26%
Votes withheld: 196,254,756
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.
SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc
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