Dec 12, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Royal Dutch Shell plc: Transaction in Own Shares

LONDON, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (the 'Company') (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 12(th) December 2018 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares for cancellation.

Aggregated information on "A" shares purchased according to trading venues:


            Date of                   
            Number of         
        Highest price         
        Lowest price         
            Volume        
     Venue
    purchase                           "A" shares                 paid                       paid                      weighted
                                       purchased                  
        (GBp)                 
        (GBp)                average price
                                                                                                                       paid per share
                                                                                                                       
            (GBp)

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          December 12, 2018                    837,018                    2370.00                   2338.50                 2353.71         
            LSE

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          December 12, 2018                    350,321                    2369.50                   2338.00                 2353.40     
            Cboe Europe
                                                                                                                                                  Equities (CXE)

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          December 12, 2018                    108,180                    2368.50                   2339.00                 2354.29     
            Cboe Europe
                                                                                                                                                  Equities (BXE)

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These share purchases form part of the second tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the second tranche of its share buyback programme on November 1, 2018.

In respect of this programme, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc will make trading decisions in relation to the Company's securities independently of the Company for a period from November 1, 2018 up to and including January 28, 2019.

Any such share purchases will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.

PDF: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/797832/Transaction_in_Own_Shares.pdf

Enquiries

Shell Media Relations
International, UK, European Press: +44 (0)207 934 5550
Shell Investor Relations
Europe: + 31 70 377 3996
United States: + 1 832 337 2034

LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70

Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc