Form 6-K
________________________________UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
April 2020
Commission File Number: 1-32575
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Royal Dutch Shell plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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30, Carel van Bylandtlaan, 2596 HR The Hague
The Netherlands
(Address of principal executive office)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Transaction in Own Shares
1 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 1 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest
price paid | Lowest
price paid | Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 01 April 2020 | 45,353 | 16.0400 EUR | 15.6120 EUR | 15.8384 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 01 April 2020 | 125,733 | 16.2580 EUR | 15.6120 EUR | 15.8662 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest
price paid | Lowest
price paid | Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 01 April 2020 | 773,649 | 1,392.00 GBp | 1,303.40 GBp | 1,363.86 GBp | LSE |
| 01 April 2020 | 32,963 | 1,361.40 GBp | 1,309.00 GBp | 1,329.23 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 01 April 2020 | 34,874 | 1,362.00 GBp | 1,309.60 GBp | 1,330.40 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_01.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/f6969393-b03b-4ae0-be19-ff61fb97d21f)
Transaction in Own Shares
3 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 3 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 03 April 2020 | 39,565 | 16.7700 EUR | 16.6820 EUR | 16.7496 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 03 April 2020 | 68,529 | 16.7700 EUR | 16.6820 EUR | 16.7499 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 03 April 2020 | 115,086 | 1,402.00 GBp | 1,392.60 GBp | 1,398.01 GBp | LSE |
| 03 April 2020 | 7,576 | 1,395.00 GBp | 1,392.60 GBp | 1,394.01 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 03 April 2020 | 4,732 | 1,395.00 GBp | 1,392.60 GBp | 1,394.03 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_03.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/e5b7b0ad-fe0c-4530-a0ca-3fe35974d180)
Transaction in Own Shares
6 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 6 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 06 April 2020 | 183,250 | 17.2160 EUR | 16.7700 EUR | 16.9725 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 06 April 2020 | 417,833 | 17.2300 EUR | 16.7760 EUR | 16.9713 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 06 April 2020 | 889,326 | 1,438.00 GBp | 1,403.00 GBp | 1,417.33 GBp | LSE |
| 06 April 2020 | 132,479 | 1,438.00 GBp | 1,403.80 GBp | 1,419.24 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 06 April 2020 | 120,148 | 1,438.00 GBp | 1,403.40 GBp | 1,419.48 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_06.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/70e56777-1fa5-49f2-913c-95233d8af3cf)
Transaction in Own Shares
7 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 7 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 07 April 2020 | 191,988 | 17.6900 EUR | 17.1480 EUR | 17.4858 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 07 April 2020 | 710,602 | 1,479.00 GBp | 1,448.20 GBp | 1,469.38 GBp | LSE |
| 07 April 2020 | 44,949 | 1,474.00 GBp | 1,448.80 GBp | 1,465.72 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 07 April 2020 | 50,871 | 1,474.00 GBp | 1,448.80 GBp | 1,465.27 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_07.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/0d473189-b681-4a37-a571-a81fcae734b1)
REPLACEMENT - Transaction in Own Shares
8 April 2020
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
This announcement is made in replacement of the Transaction in Own Shares announcement released at 17:32 on April 7, 2020
In the announcement submitted to market at 17:32 on April 7, 2020 regarding a transaction in own shares, the aggregated information on “A” shares purchased was incorrectly stated. It is corrected below.
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 7 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 07 April 2020 | 191,988 | 17.6900 EUR | 17.1480 EUR | 17.4858 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 07 April 2020 | 367,255 | 17.6900 EUR | 17.1540 EUR | 17.4876 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 07 April 2020 | 710,602 | 1,479.00 GBp | 1,448.20 GBp | 1,469.38 GBp | LSE |
| 07 April 2020 | 44,949 | 1,474.00 GBp | 1,448.80 GBp | 1,465.72 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 07 April 2020 | 50,871 | 1,474.00 GBp | 1,448.80 GBp | 1,465.27 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Replacement_Shell_RNS_07.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/fcbaa557-e24b-45a7-9526-c8d64a909ca1)
Transaction in Own Shares
8 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 8 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 08 April 2020 | 187,769 | 17.4760 EUR | 16.9360 EUR | 17.1695 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 08 April 2020 | 426,650 | 17.4840 EUR | 16.9320 EUR | 17.1770 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 08 April 2020 | 882,921 | 1,478.60 GBp | 1,434.40 GBp | 1,453.24 GBp | LSE |
| 08 April 2020 | 105,732 | 1,469.00 GBp | 1,434.40 GBp | 1,452.39 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 08 April 2020 | 100,454 | 1,478.20 GBp | 1,436.20 GBp | 1,452.77 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_08.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/a191e6ed-38f1-490a-bbd9-03083c9ec4d9)
Transaction in Own Shares
9 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 9 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 09 April 2020 | 169,514 | 17.9080 EUR | 17.2740 EUR | 17.5836 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 09 April 2020 | 394,369 | 17.9700 EUR | 17.2560 EUR | 17.5857 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 09 April 2020 | 789,376 | 1,512.80 GBp | 1,452.60 GBp | 1,483.86 GBp | LSE |
| 09 April 2020 | 88,400 | 1,511.00 GBp | 1,454.80 GBp | 1,482.01 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 09 April 2020 | 83,899 | 1,511.60 GBp | 1,454.20 GBp | 1,484.17 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_09.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/5a1c8aec-8c99-4411-857b-3db31272e19a)
Transaction in Own Shares
14 April 2020
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 14 April 2020 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and “B” Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “A” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “A” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 14 April 2020 | 183,670 | 17.6900 EUR | 16.7120 EUR | 17.0991 EUR | BATS (BXE) |
| 14 April 2020 | 421,312 | 17.6960 EUR | 16.6960 EUR | 17.0903 EUR | Chi-X (CXE) |
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid |
Lowest price paid |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue |
| 14 April 2020 | 838,190 | 1,487.00 GBp | 1,415.80 GBp | 1,438.01 GBp | LSE |
| 14 April 2020 | 114,809 | 1,482.80 GBp | 1,418.60 GBp | 1,435.99 GBp | BATS (BXE) |
| 14 April 2020 | 108,228 | 1,486.80 GBp | 1,406.60 GBp | 1,435.38 GBp | Chi-X (CXE) |
These share purchases form part of the seventh tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the seventh tranche of its share buyback programme on January 30, 2020.
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 January 30, 2020 up to and including April 27, 2020.
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.
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
Attachment
- Shell_RNS_14.04.2020 (https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/82448953-7c87-4d44-be64-69a27b6a1385)
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into:
a) the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Shell International Finance B.V. (Registration Numbers 333-222005 and 333-222005-01); and
b) the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Registration Numbers 333-126715, 333-141397, 333-171206, 333-192821, 333-200953, 333-215273, 333-222813 and 333-228137).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Royal Dutch Shell plc | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: April 16, 2020 | /s/ Anthony Clarke | |
| Anthony Clarke | ||
| Deputy Company Secretary | ||