Royal Dutch Shell plc Announces Directorate Change

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, May 26/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --     The Board of
Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announced
today that Mrs Linda Cook will resign as Executive Director of the Company on
1st June 2009. She has served the Company for 29 years of which the last 5
years as Executive Director of Gas & Power, Shell Trading, Global Solutions
and Technology.



    Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer commented, "I am
most grateful to Linda Cook for her many important contributions to the
success of our company. Shell's LNG capacity has risen by over 60% in the
last five years, with more to come."



    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". The term
"Shell interest" is used for convenience to indicate the direct and/or
indirect (for example, through our 34% shareholding in Woodside Petroleum
Ltd.) ownership interest held by Shell in a venture, partnership or company,
after exclusion of all third-party interest.


    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 the Group's products; (c)
currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserve
estimates; (f) loss of market share 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. Additional factors that may affect future results are contained
in Royal Dutch Shell's 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 (available
at http://www.shell.com/investor and http://www.sec.gov ). These factors
also should be considered by the reader. Each forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date of this announcement, 26th May 2009. 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.
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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).
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    The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits oil
and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved
reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive
formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing
economic and operating conditions. We use certain terms in this announcement
that SEC's guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the
SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form
20-F, File No 1-32575, available on the SEC website http://www.sec.gov. You
can also obtain these forms from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.



Source: Royal Dutch Shell plc

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