TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ

Royal Dutch Shell plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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):

Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. Instead the relevant holdings under management by CRMC and CGII will be reported in aggregate by The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC"). It is solely for this reason (and not as a result of any additional acquisition or disposal) that CGC is reporting this aggregated holding.

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv

See answer to Question 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v

3 September 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 September 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

Above 5%

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights^x

Direct

Indirect

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

A Ordinary
(GB00B03MLX29)

13,935,071

13,935,071

13,926,993

13,926,993

0.2194%

A ADRs
(US7802592060)

44,861,460

89,722,920

44,861,460

89,722,920

1.4137%

B Ordinary
(GB00B03MM408)

100,088,987

100,088,987

100,088,987

100,088,987

1.5771%

B ADRs
(US7802591070)

74,075,901

148,151,802

74,075,901

148,151,802

2.3344%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion
period ^xviii

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting
rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

351,890,702

5.5446%

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

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

Capital Guardian Trust Company
Capital International Limited
Capital International SArl
Capital International, Inc.
Capital Research and Management Company

Number of Shares

10,668,607
846,098
453,186
849,249
339,028,562

Percent of Outstanding

0.168%
0.013%
0.007%
0.014%
5.342%

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:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Mark Edwards
Royal Dutch Shell plc

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 934 2817

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares^xxii

Full name
(including legal form of legal entities)

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Contact address
(registered office for legal entities)

333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071

Phone number & email

(213) 615-0469
GRGroup@capgroup.com

Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Full name

Vivien Tan

Contact address

333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071

Phone number & email

(213) 615-0469

Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person
or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Fax: (213) 615-4056

C: Additional information

Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII will be reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.