Shell further reduces its interest in Woodside

The Hague, 17 June, 2014. Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) today announced the
sale of a total of approximately 156.5 million shares in Woodside Petroleum
Limited (“Woodside”) representing a total estimated value to Shell of around
US$5.0 billion on an after tax basis. The sale, which represents 19.0% of
Woodside’s issued share capital, is through an underwritten sell-down to equity
market investors and a selective share buy-back by Woodside.

“Today’s announcement is part of our drive to improve Shell’s capital efficiency
and to focus our Australia growth in directly owned assets”, said Shell Chief
Executive Officer Ben van Beurden. “It doesn’t change our view of Australia as
an important player on the global energy stage, or Shell’s central role in the
country’s energy industry.”

Shell Australia’s Country Chair, Andrew Smith, added,  “Woodside is an important
strategic partner for us, through our investments in established projects such
as the North West Shelf and growth opportunities such as Browse. We are pleased
we have been able to work with Woodside to find a solution that allows us both
to meet our strategic objectives. We continue to see Australia as an important
place for us to invest and grow our business.”

Shell’s subsidiary, Shell Energy Holding Australia Limited (“SEHAL”) has
mandated two investment banks to sell 78.27 million shares in Woodside, through
an underwritten sell-down at a price of A$41.35 per share. This part of the sale
represents around 9.5% of the issued capital in Woodside, with the shares to be
sold to a range of equity market investors. The sell-down is expected to
complete on 18 June 2014.

Under an agreement with SEHAL, Woodside will also buy-back 78.27 million of its
shares from SEHAL at a price of US$34.24 per share. The buy-back price per share
has been split into a dividend component of US$26.29 per share and a capital
component of US$7.95 per share, as agreed with the Australian Taxation Office
(ATO) in a private ruling. SEHAL will receive franking (tax paid) credits on the
dividend component with the effect that no further tax is payable by SEHAL on
the dividend component. Completion of the buy-back will be subject to limited
conditions, including consent under a number of Woodside’s facility agreements,
an independent expert opinion and Woodside shareholder approval. Completion of
the buy-back is expected in early August 2014.

After the buy-back and the sell-down have been completed, including cancellation
of the buy-back shares by Woodside, SEHAL’s shareholding in Woodside will reduce
to below 5%. As part of this transaction, SEHAL has committed to retain its
remaining shares in Woodside for 90 days from completion of the sell-down, with
limited exceptions.


Notes for editors
Shell’s world-wide LNG equity liquefaction capacity is 26.1 mtpa (million tonnes
per annum), with interests in eleven LNG plants. The announced transaction will
reduce Shell’s equity liquefaction capacity to 25.5 mtpa after the sell-down and
to 24.9 mtpa after completion of the share buy-back.

Australia is set to underpin Shell’s next tranche of LNG growth, with the Gorgon
LNG project (~15 mtpa), where Shell has a 25% interest and the Shell-operated
Prelude Floating LNG project (3.6 mtpa LNG + 1.7 mtpa NGLs), in which Shell
holds a 67.5% interest.

Shell has further options for the next generation of LNG growth, in Australia,
North America and Indonesia.

Shell also continues with an active and successful exploration campaign adding
to further options for future development.

Enquiries

Shell Media Relations
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Americas: +1 713 241 4544

Shell Investor Relations
Europe: + 31 70 377 4540
United States: +1 832 337 2034


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