Royal Dutch Shell: TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
LONDON, January 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A)(RDS.B)
attached: [ii]
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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 No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
to qualifying financial instruments No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to
the notification obligation: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.): See answer to Question 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: [v] 9 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 13 January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: Above 4%
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8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous using to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering the ISIN CODE transaction transaction Number Number of of Voting Number Number of voting % of Shares Rights of shares rights voting rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect A Ordinary (GB00B03MLX29) 25,003,926 25,003,926 25,003,926 0.394% A ADRs (US7802592060) 20,624,761 41,249,522 41,249,522 0.650% B Ordinary (GB00B03MM408) 70,555,359 70,555,359 71,470,718 1.127% B ADRs (US7802591070) 57,932,746 115,865,492 116,227,668 1.832% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ instrument is % of voting instrument date Conversion Period exercised/ converted. rights N/A C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting Exercise/ rights instrument % of voting Type of financial Exercise Expiration Conversion refers to rights instrument price date period N/A Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 253,951,834 4.003%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: Number of Shares Percent of Outstanding Capital Guardian Trust Company 1,742,063 0.027% Capital International Limited 622,657 0.010% Capital International SArl 462,914 0.007% Capital International, Inc. 342,100 0.005% Capital Research and Management Company 250,782,100 3.953% 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:
Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44-20-7934-2817
SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc
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