Royal Dutch Shell plc: Holdings in Company

LONDON, July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings


            
              NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS

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              1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                                                          Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B)
    of existing shares to which voting rights are
    attached
              ii
              :

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              1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

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            Non-UK issuer

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              2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

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            An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                                                                                                                                                
       X

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            An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

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            An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

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            Other (please specify)iii:

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              3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
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            Name                                                                                                                              
       The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC")



            City and country of registered office (if applicable)                                                                             
       Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA



            
              4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

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            Name

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            City and country of registered office (if applicable)

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              5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
              vi
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       5 July 2019

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              6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                                                                         
       8 July 2019

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              7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

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          % of voting rights                       % of voting rights                             Total of both in %    Total number of
                                                                                                                       attached to shares                        through financial                      (8.A + 8.B)                     voting rights
                                                                                                                                                                    instruments                                                               of
                                                                                                                         (total of 8. A)                     (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)                                                     issuervii




            Resulting situation                                                                                                        4.9875                                                  0.0000%                         4.9875%       8,069,121,205
    on the date on which
    threshold was
    crossed or reached

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            Position of previous notification (if                                                                                     5.0087%                                                 0.0000%                         5.0087%


            applicable)

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                8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
                viii

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                A: Voting rights attached to shares

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                            Class/type of                                 Number of voting rights
                ix                           % of voting rights
    shares


              ISIN code (if possible)

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                                  Direct                                                 Indirect                                                  Direct                               
              
                Indirect

                     (Art 9 of Directive                                     (Art 10 of Directive                                     (Art 9 of Directive                                
              (Art 10 of Directive
                   2004/109/EC)                                             2004/109/EC)                                            2004/109/EC)                                                  2004/109/EC)
                     (DTR5.1)                                                (DTR5.2.1)                                               (DTR5.1)                                                     (DTR5.2.1)

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              A Ordinary                                                                             52,433,535                                                                                                    0.6498%


              GB00B03MLX29

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              A ADR                                                                                  12,420,522                                                                                                    0.1539%


              US7802592060

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              B Ordinary                                                                            176,144,584                                                                                                    2.1829%


              GB00B03MM408

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              B ADR                                                                                 161,449,898                                                                                                     2.008%


              US7802591070

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                            SUBTOTAL 8. A                                                            402,448,539                                                                                                   4.9875%

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                B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

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

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                                                                                                          N/A

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                                                                                                                                         SUBTOTAL 8. B 1






              
                B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

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                            Type of financial                             Expiration                                                       Exercise/                                       Physical or                      
              
      Number of   
          
     % of voting rights
    instrument                                     date                                                             Conversion
                                                    x                                                               Period
                                                                                                                           xi                                      cash                                                     voting rights
                                                                                                                                                      settlement
                                                                                                                                                            xii

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                                           N/A

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                                                                                                                                           SUBTOTAL 8.B.2







              
                9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the


              applicable box with an "X")


               Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly
                or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii



              
                Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                                                                                      
       X
    financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

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                                                                                                                      % of voting rights if it                                % of voting rights through                Total of
                                                                                                                        equals or is higher than the                            financial instruments if it equals        both if it
                                                                                                                        notifiable threshold                                    or is higher than the notifiable          equals or
                                                                                                                                                                                threshold                                 is higher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          than the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          notifiable

              
                Name
                xv                                                                                                                                                                           threshold

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              The Capital Group Companies, Inc.


              Holdings by CG Management companies
    are set out below:

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              - Capital Bank & Trust Company(2)

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              - Capital International, Inc.(1)

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              - Capital International Limited(1)

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              - Capital International Sàrl(1)

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              - Capital Research and Management Company(2)

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                (1)Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.


              
                (2)Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

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                10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

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              Name of the proxy holder

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              The number and % of voting rights held

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              The date until which the voting rights will be held

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                11. Additional information
                xvi

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               The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Bank & Trust Company ("CB&T"). CRMC is
                a U.S.-based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well
                as individual and institutional clients.  CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions,
                Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.  CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc.
                ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of four investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital
                International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K.  CGII management companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to
                institutional and high net worth clients.  CB&T is a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally
                chartered bank.



               Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account.  Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under
                the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

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        Place of completion Los Angeles, CA, USA

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        Date of completion  8 July 2019 (Capital
                             Group)

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Anthony Clarke
Deputy Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc
+44 (0) 20-7934-2584

LEI Number: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70

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