Royal Dutch Shell plc: Notification and Public Disclosure in Accordance with the Requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

LONDON, Feb. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The following Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") has received the number of shares as set out below. Following shareholder approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy at the 2017 Annual General Meeting, the Deferred Bonus Plan was removed and 50% of the PDMR's annual bonus is delivered in cash and 50% is delivered in shares. Shares are subject to a three-year holding period, which continues to apply after PDMRs leave employment.

The Directors' Remuneration Policy can be found in the Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) Annual Report and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 (www.shell.com/annualreport).

    PDMR        Date Acquired     Share Type Number of shares delivered
    ----        -------------     ---------- --------------------------

    John Abbott February 26, 2018 RDSB                            8,652
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The Notification of Dealing Form for the PDMR can be found below.

This notification is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Mark Edwards
Deputy Company Secretary

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LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State.




    1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    First Name(s)                              John
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    Last Name(s)                               Abbott
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    2. Reason for the notification
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    Position/status                            Downstream Director
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    Initial notification/
     amendment                                 Initial notification
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    3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
     auctioneer or auction monitor
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    Full name of the entity                    Royal Dutch Shell plc
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    Legal Entity Identifier
     code                                      21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
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    4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where
     transactions have been conducted
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    Description of the
     financial instrument                      B ordinary shares of EUR0.07 each
    ---------------------                      ---------------------------------

    Identification Code                        GB00B03MM408
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    Nature of the
     transaction                               Delivery of 50% of bonus in shares
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    Currency                                   GBP
    --------                                   ---

    Price                                                                                   22.85
    -----                                                                                   -----

    Volume                                                                                  8,652
    ------                                                                                  -----

    Total                                                                              197,698.20
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    Aggregated information
                                                                                            8,652
    Volume                                                                                  22.85
                                                                                       197,698.20
    Price

    Total
    -----                                      -----

    Date of transaction                                                                26/02/2018
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    Place of transaction                       London
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