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

LONDON, March 22, 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) (B shares)

    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
    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     Legal &
    obligation:                                            General Group
                                                            Plc (Group)
                                                              Legal &
                                                              General
                                                             Investment
                                                             Management
                                                           Limited (LGIM)
    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Legal &
                                                           General
                                                           Assurance
                                                           (Pensions
                                                           Management)
                                                           Limited (PMC)

                                                           Legal &
                                                           General Group
                                                           Plc (L&G)
    5. Date of the transaction and date on which the       17 March 2010
       threshold is crossed or reached:
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                      19 March 2010
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:           Above 5%
                                                              (Group)

                                                              Above 5%
                                                               (LGIM)
    8. Notified details:

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type   Situation        Resulting situation after the triggering
    of shares   previous to                     transaction
        if          the
     possible   Triggering
    using the   transaction
    ISIN CODE
               Number Number  Number of   Number of voting      % of voting
                 of     of     shares            rights             rights
               Shares Voting
                      Rights
                                         Direct   Indirect   Direct  Indirect
    B ORD EURO   Below 5%
    0.07 (UK)     (as at   135,214,170  121,808,496  13,405,674   4.51% 0.49%
                17/3/2010)

    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
                                                                Nominal Delta

    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights

            135,214,170                     5.01%

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

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (135,214,170 -
    5.01% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and
    Indirect) (LGIMH) (Below 135,214,170 - 5.01% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
    (135,214,170 - 5.01% = Total Position)

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (121,808,496 - 4.51% = LGAS,
    LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment            Legal & General Insurance Holdings
    Management Limited (Holdings)         (Direct) (LGIH)
     Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)
    (104,223,001 - 3.86% = PMC)

    Legal & General Assurance             Legal & General Assurance Society
    (Pensions Limited Management)         (LGAS & LGPL)
     Limited (PMC) (104,223,001
    - 3.86% = PMC)

                                          Legal & General Pensions Limited
                                          (Direct)  (LGPL)

    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

    13. Additional information:
        Notification using the
        total voting rights figure of 2,695,808,103

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc

WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?

440k+
Newsrooms &
Influencers

9k+
Digital Media
Outlets

270k+
Journalists
Opted In

GET STARTED