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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2007

Commission File Number 1-32575

Royal Dutch Shell plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

30, Carel van Bylandtlaan, 2596 HR The Hague

The Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: 

Form 20-F [X]      Form 40-F _______

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ......

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ...... 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934..

Yes _______       No [X]  

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _______  

The following is the text of an announcement released to the London Stock Exchange by Royal Dutch Shell plc on 16th May 2007.

 

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

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

Royal Dutch Shell plc

2. Reason for the notification

State
Yes/No

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Capital Group International, Inc.

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

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached if different) (v):

11 May 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 May 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8. Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares
if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to
the Triggering
transaction (vi)

Resulting situation after the triggering
transaction (vii)

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights
(viii)

Number
of
shares

Number of voting
rights (ix)

% of voting
rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct
(x)

Indirect
(xi)

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares Class A

84,025,192

84,025,192

86,301,324

86,301,324

2.3442%

ADR Class A

12,417,474

24,834,948

12,414,174

24,828,348

0.6744%

 

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date (xiii)

Exercise/Conversion
Period/ Date (xiv)

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

% of voting
rights

N/A


Total (A+B)

 

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

111,129,672

3.0185%

 

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

Capital Guardian Trust Company
Capital International Limited
Capital International S.A.
Capital International, Inc.

67,889,701
24,884,903
12,112,892
6,242,176

1.844%
0.676%
0.329%
0.170%

 

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:

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

 

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

Royal Dutch Shell plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA

Phone number

020 7934 2817

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

Mark Edwards

 

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

 

Full name

Gina Martinez

Contact address

11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor,
Los Angeles, California 90025

Phone number

+1 213 615 0469

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

 

 

C: Additional information

Commencing 20 January 2007, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., no long reports ownership of securities. Capital Group International, Inc. and Capital Research and Management Company now report relevant holdings separately for the purposes of the new DTR Handbook.

 

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 333-126726 and 333-126726-01); and
b) the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Registration Numbers 333-126715 and 333-141397).

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)

 

By: /s/ M Edwards

 

Name: M Edwards
Title: Assistant Company Secretary

 

 

Date: 17 May 2007