The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced that Mark Williams will take
over the responsibilities of Rob Routs for the Oil Products, Chemicals and Oil
Sands business, as Downstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee
of Royal Dutch Shell.

    Mark Williams succeeds Rob Routs effective 1 January 2009, when he
retires from the company after a distinguished career of 37 years.

    Williams, a US citizen has a PhD in physics from Stanford University. He
joined Shell's upstream business in 1979 in the United States. He has held a
variety of upstream and downstream positions in the company, and is currently
the Executive Vice President of Supply and Distribution in Oil Products. He
is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project,
and Chairman of the Downstream Committee of the American Petroleum Institute.
He is married with two children.

    Cautionary Note

    The companies in which Royal Dutch Shell plc directly and indirectly owns
investments are separate entities. In this announcement "Shell", "Shell
group" and "Royal Dutch Shell" are sometimes used for convenience where
references are made to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general.
Likewise, the words "we", "us" and "our" are also used to refer to
subsidiaries in general or to those who work for them. These expressions are
also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular
company or companies. "Subsidiaries", "Shell subsidiaries" and "Shell
companies" as used in this announcement refer to companies in which Royal
Dutch Shell either directly or indirectly has control, by having either a
majority of the voting rights or the right to exercise a controlling
influence. The companies in which Shell has significant influence but not
control are referred to as "associated companies" or "associates" and
companies in which Shell has joint control are referred to as "jointly
controlled entities". In this announcement, associates and jointly controlled
entities are also referred to as "equity-accounted investments". This
announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning the financial
condition, results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch Shell. All
statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to
be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of
future expectations that are based on management's current expectations and
assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include,
among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Royal
Dutch Shell to market risks and statements expressing management's
expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions.
These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and
phrases such as "anticipate", "believe", "could", "estimate", "expect",
"intend", "may", "plan", "objectives", "outlook", "probably", "project",
"will", "seek", "target","risks", "goals", "should" and similar terms and
phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect the future
operations of Royal Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in
this announcement, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in
crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand for Shell's products; (c)
currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserve
estimates; (f) loss of market and industry competition; (g) environmental and
physical risks; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable
potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful negotiation and
completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in developing
countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative,
fiscal and regulatory developments including potential litigation and
regulatory effects arising from recategorisation of reserves; (k) economic
and financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l)
political risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of
the terms of contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in
the approval of projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs;
and (m) changes in trading conditions. All forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement are expressly qualified in their entirety by
the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each
forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this announcement,
December 4th, 2008. Neither Royal Dutch Shell nor any of its subsidiaries
undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement as a result of new information, future events or other information.
In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated,
implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement. Please also refer to the Annual Report and Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2007 for a description of certain important factors,
risks and uncertainties that may affect Shell's businesses.

Source: Royal Dutch Shell plc

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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 333-155201 and 333-155201-01);
and

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