Royal Dutch Shell plc: TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

LONDON, February 25, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

    Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B)

    2. Reason for the notification                              State
                                                                Yes/No
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                  Yes
    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       Yes
    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       22 February 2010
    threshold is crossed or reached:
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                      24 February 2010
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:            Above 5%

    8. Notified details:
    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type of    Situation     Resulting situation after the triggering
      shares if     previous to                   transaction
    possible using      the
    the ISIN CODE   Triggering
                    transaction
                   Number Number Number     Number of voting    % of voting
                     of     of     of            rights           rights
                   Shares Voting shares
                          Rights
                                 Direct  Direct     Indirect Direct  Indirect
    GB00B03MLX29    N/A    N/A     N/A     N/A   180,662,262   N/A     2.89%
    GB00B03MM408    N/A    N/A     N/A     N/A   175,592,490   N/A     2.81%

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

       Type of       Expiration   Exercise/Conversion Number of     % of
      financial         date            Period          voting     voting
      instrument                                        rights     rights
                                                       that may
                                                          be
                                                       acquired
                                                        if the
                                                      instrument
                                                          is
                                                      exercised/
                                                      converted

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

     Type of   Exercise Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of   % of
                                                                   voting
    financial   Price      date          Period        voting      rights
    instrument                                         rights
                                                     instrument
                                                     refers to
    CFD         N/A        N/A          N/A          2,649,603 Nominal Delta
                                                                0.04%  0.04%


    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
            358,904,355                     5.74%

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

    BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 358,904,355 (5.74%)
    Proxy Voting:

    10. Name of the proxy holder:               N/A

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

    12. Date on which proxy holder
        will cease to hold voting rights:       N/A

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc

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