Royal Dutch Shell plc: TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

LONDON, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
    issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
    are attached: [ii]                                          Royal Dutch Shell plc

    2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                    [X]
    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments          
    which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to
    which voting rights are attached                                               [ ]
    An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic
    effect to qualifying financial instruments                                     [ ]
    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               [ ]
    Other (please
    specify):                                                                      [ ]

    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:       BlackRock, Inc.
    4. Full name of shareholder(s)
    (if different from 3.):

    5. Date of the transaction and date on which
    the threshold is crossed or reached: [v]                              17 May 2016

    6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     18 May 2016

    7. Threshold(s) that is/are
    crossed or                           Voting rights attached to shares holding for
    reached:                                   BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 5%

   
    8. Notified details:
    A: Voting rights attached to shares
    Class/type
    of shares


    if possible
    using        Situation previous
    the ISIN     to the triggering                 Resulting situation after the
    CODE         transaction                       triggering transaction
                                  Number
                   Number           of                     Number of
                    of            Voting    Number          voting
                   Shares         Rights   of shares        rights      % of voting rights
                                            Direct    Direct   Indirect   Direct  Indirect
                                                                    
    GB00B03MLX29   237,927,217  237,927,217   N/A       N/A   245,741,458    N/A    3.06%
                                                                      
    GB00B03MM408   236,008,110  236,008,110   N/A       N/A   118,023,427    N/A    1.47%

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                  Number of
                                                                  voting
                                                                  rights that
                                                                  may be
                                                                  acquired if
                                                                  the
                                                                  instrument is
    Type of financial       Expiration  Exercise/                 exercised/    % of voting
    instrument              date        Conversion Period         converted.       rights
    Securities Lending                                            134,418,201         1.67%
    American Depository
    Receipt
    (GB00B03MLX29)                                                  3,199,404         0.03%
    American Depository
    Receipt
    (GB00B03MM408)                                                  1,638,668         0.02%

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
    Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

                                                           Number of    
                                              Exercise/   voting rights   
    Type of financial  Exercise   Expiration  Conversion   instrument    % of voting
    instrument         price      date        period        refers to       rights

                                                           2,967,664

    CFD                                                                  Nominal     Delta
                                                                          0.03%      0.03%

    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights
    505,988,822                                             6.30%

   
    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
    See Annex

    Proxy Voting:
    10. Name of the proxy holder:


    11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

    12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
    13. Additional information:


    14. Contact name: Mark Edwards,
                      Royal Dutch Shell plc

    15. Contact: +44-20-7934-2817

   
                                                         % of voting
                                                         rights through
                                         % of voting     financial
                                         rights if it    instruments if it Total of both
                                         equals or is    equals or is      if it equals or
                                         higher than the higher than the   is higher than
                                         notifiable      notifiable        the notifiable
    Name                                 threshold       threshold         threshold
    BlackRock, Inc.
    Trident Merger, LLC
    BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
    Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
    BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
    BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
    BlackRock Fund Advisors
    BlackRock Institutional Trust
    Company, National Association

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.
    BlackRock Investment Management
    (Australia) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte.
    Ltd.
    BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
    BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
    BlackRock Cayco Limited
    BlackRock Trident Holding Company
    Limited
    BlackRock Japan Holdings GK
    BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
    BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
    BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
    BlackRock Fund Advisors

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.
    BlackRock Advisors, LLC

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC
    BlackRock Canada Holdings LP
    BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC
    BlackRock Asset Management Canada
    Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
    Limited
    BlackRock Asset Management
    Deutschland AG

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock Group Limited
    BlackRock International Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte.
    Ltd.
    BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
    BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
    BlackRock Asset Management North
    Asia Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    Xulu, Inc.

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock International Holdings,
    Inc.
    BR Jersey International Holdings
    L.P.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte.
    Ltd.
    BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

    BlackRock, Inc.
    BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
    BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
    BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.
    BlackRock Advisors, LLC
    BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

Contact:
Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44-20-7934-2817

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc

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