Royal Dutch Shell plc announces new senior management structure

The Hague 27th May 2009. Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) today announced a
series of changes to senior management roles and responsibilities, aimed at
sharper focus on operating performance and technology. The changes will be
effective as of 1st July 2009.

Peter Voser, who takes over from Jeroen van der Veer as Chief Executive Officer
on 1st July 2009 said “this new structure will increase accountability in the
company, and improve Shell’s performance on delivering new projects and
developing new technologies.”

He continued “these changes will increase our focus, accelerate our plans to
reduce complexity, corporate overheads and costs, and result in faster
decision-making and delivery.”

Shell’s Upstream activities are currently managed in three separate
organizations – Exploration & Production, Gas & Power, and Oil Sands. Upstream
will now consist of two businesses: Upstream Americas covering North and South
America, and Upstream International covering the rest of the world. Marvin Odum,
currently Shell’s Executive Vice President for EP Americas, will become Director
for Upstream Americas.  Malcolm Brinded, currently Shell’s Executive Director
Exploration & Production, will become Executive Director of Upstream
International.

There will also be changes in Downstream. In addition to the Refining, Marketing
and Chemicals businesses, the Downstream portfolio will be expanded to include
Trading and Alternative Energy activities in Shell, excluding Wind, which will
be part of Upstream. Downstream will continue to be led by Mark Williams as
Director.

A new business – Projects & Technology – will combine all of Shell’s major
project delivery, technical services and technology capability covering both
upstream and downstream. It will also oversee Shell’s safety and environment
performance. Matthias Bichsel, who is currently Shell’s Executive Vice President
for Exploration & Production Technology, will be the Director of this business.

Corporate functions will be refocused, with activities reallocated directly into
the businesses, or consolidated into the portfolios of the Chief Financial
Officer, Simon Henry, and the Human Resources Director (to be re-titled Chief
Human Resources & Corporate Officer), Hugh Mitchell. Beat Hess continues as
General Council, and completes the re-shaped Executive Committee.

Shell’s Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer commented “we have made good
progress on simplification and improving efficiency in recent years, but the
competition is not standing still, and neither is Shell.”

Peter Voser continued “the industry, and Shell, faces considerable challenges,
from high costs, volatile energy prices, and competition for new projects”.
He continued “we must build on our recent momentum, improve our operating
performance and increase the pace of strategy execution, to raise our
competitive position. The changes we have announced will have a major impact on
the organization. We will speed up our decision-making, and increase both
personal responsibility and personal accountability”.



Notes for Editors

Following this reorganization, effective 1st July 2009, the Executive Committee
of Shell will comprise CEO Peter Voser, CFO Simon Henry, Executive Director
Upstream International Malcolm Brinded, Upstream Americas Director Marvin Odum,
Downstream Director Mark Williams, Projects & Technology Director Matthias
Bichsel, Human Resources and Chief Corporate Officer Hugh Mitchell, General
Council Beat Hess. Roxanne Decyk, currently Shell’s Corporate Affairs and
Sustainable Development Director, will step down from the Executive Committee,
and will head up Shell’s Government Affairs department based in Washington,
reporting to the CEO. Three Executive Committee members will be on the Board:
CEO, CFO and Executive Director Upstream International.

Matthias Bichsel joined Shell in 1980 after obtaining a doctorate in geology
from University of Basel, Switzerland.
He has worked for Shell companies in Bangladesh, Oman, Canada, Indonesia, the US
and The Netherlands. In 1995, he was selected as director of Petroleum
Development Oman looking after exploration and deep oil field developments. In
1999, he transferred to Houston as managing director of Shell Deepwater Services
involved in all aspects of Deepwater exploration and development on a global
scale. From 2002 to 2006, he managed as Executive Vice President Shell’s global
exploration activities and performance.
Matthias Bichsel was appointed Executive Vice President, Technical, Shell
Exploration and Production in March 2006, where he is currently responsible for
delivering new upstream projects, and for the provision of technology
applications and research. He is a member of the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Marvin Odum joined Shell in 1982, and has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in
business administration from the University of Houston.
He has worked in a variety of upstream technology and operations management
roles in the company. He was CEO of global power company InterGen from
2003-2005. Marvin Odum is President of Shell Oil Company and Executive Vice
President for the Americas for Shell Exploration & Production.
Odum sits on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute (API)
and on its Policy Committee and Executive Committee. He also serves on the board
of trustees of the National Urban League and on its Policy Committee. He sits on
the board of directors of the Council of the Americas and is a member of the
Business Roundtable.
In addition, Odum is a commissioner of The Aspen Institute Dialogue and
Commission on Arctic Climate Change and a member of the Steering Committee for
the Energy, Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative of The Council On
Competitiveness.
Contacts
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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
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‘‘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 www.shell.com/investor and 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, 27th 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.

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 www.sec.gov. You can also obtain these forms from
the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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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).