Result of AGM - Royal Dutch Shell plc

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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