Royal Dutch Shell plc: Public Dealing Disclosure by a Party to an Offer or Person Acting in Concert (Including Dealings for the Account of Discretionary Investment Clients)

Royal Dutch Shell plc: Public Dealing Disclosure by a Party to an Offer or Person Acting in Concert (Including Dealings for the Account of Discretionary Investment Clients)

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LONDON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

FORM 8 (DD)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION


   
    (a) Full name of discloser:                           Simon Henry
    (b) Owner or controller of interests and short
    positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

    The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
    insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor
    and beneficiaries must be named.                      N/A
    (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
    relevant securities this form relates:

    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree          Royal Dutch Shell plc (offeror)
    (d) Status of person making the disclosure:

    e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with  Person acting in concert with
    the offeror/offeree (specify name of offeror/offeree) offeror (Royal Dutch Shell plc)
    (e) Date dealing undertaken:                          23 June 2015
    (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the
    discloser making disclosures in respect of any other
    party to the offer?

    If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state   NO
    "N/A"

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing


   

    Class of relevant security:
                                                        A ordinary shares
                                               Interests              Short positions
                                           Number        %[1]        Number          %

    (1) Relevant securities owned           9,175
    and/or controlled:                                 0.000234        Nil          Nil

    (2) Cash-settled derivatives:
                                             Nil          Nil          Nil          Nil
    (3) Stock-settled derivatives
    (including options) and agreements
    to purchase/sell:                        Nil          Nil          Nil          Nil
    TOTAL:                                  9,175      0.000234        Nil          Nil


   

    Class of relevant security:
                                                         B ordinary shares
                                                 Interests             Short positions
                                             Number          %         Number         %
    (1) Relevant securities owned and/or
    controlled:                              295,781      0.01212        Nil         Nil

    (2) Cash-settled derivatives:
                                               Nil          Nil          Nil         Nil
    (3) Stock-settled derivatives
    (including options) and agreements
    to purchase/sell:                          Nil          Nil          Nil         Nil
    TOTAL:                                   295,781      0.01212        Nil         Nil

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1. Percentage calculations are based on Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) total number of A ordinary shares in issue being 3,918,015,024 and B ordinary shares in issue being 2,440,410,614.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)


   
    Class of
    relevant
    security in
    relation to
    which
    subscription
    right
    exists:      B ordinary shares
                 Interests held under the Royal Dutch Shell plc Long Term Incentive Plan*:
                 302,729[A] (0.012405%)

                 Interests held under the Royal Dutch Shell plc Deferred Bonus Plan*:
                 111,161[B] (0.004555%)

                 The exercise price is nil for all the shares.

                 [A] The vesting of these shares is subject to performance conditions.

                 [B] The vesting of 25,382 of these shares is subject to performance
                 conditions.

                 *The exact vesting date of the shares under these plans cannot be specified.
                 All awards under these plans have a three year performance or a three year
    Details,     deferral period. The timing of the vesting of the awards after such period has
    including    ended is dependent on a number of factors including, for example, approval by
    nature of    Royal Dutch Shell plc's remuneration committee and / or the timing of close
    the rights   periods. Further details of these plans are set out in Royal Dutch Shell's
    concerned    annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2014
    and relevant (http://www.shell.com/global/aboutshell/investor/financial-information/annual-
    percentages:

3. DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

(i) Party to an offer or person acting in concert (except for a principal trader in the same group as a connected adviser)


   

       Class of relevant       Purchase/sale
           security                              Number of securities    Price per unit

                            Purchase using cash      4,328.764463
    B ordinary shares       dividend                                  GBP19.0047

(ii) Principal trader where the sole reason for the connection is that the principal trader is in the same group as a connected adviser


   
                                                          Highest price   Lowest price per
    Class of relevant  Purchases/ sales Total number of      per unit           unit
         security                          securities     paid/received    paid/received

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions


   
                                        Nature of dealing

                        Product      e.g. opening/closing a
                      description     long/short position,      Number of
    Class of relevant                 increasing/reducing a     reference
        security        e.g. CFD       long/short position      securities  Price per unit

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


   
                                                              Type
                                        Number of                                  Option
                 Product     Writing,   securities            e.g.                 money
     Class of  description purchasing,   to which  Exercise American,              paid/
     relevant   e.g. call    selling,     option    price   European              received
     security    option    varying etc.  relates   per unit   etc.    Expiry date per unit

(ii) Exercise


   
        Class of     Product description   Exercising/
        relevant                            exercised        Number of     Exercise price
        security      e.g. call option       against         securities       per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)


   
                             Nature of dealing
    Class of relevant                                                     Price per unit
         security      e.g. subscription, conversion       Details        (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements


   
    Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
    formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
    or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer or person acting in
    concert making the disclosure and any other person:

    Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no
    such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

    None.

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


   
    Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
    the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other
    person relating to:

    (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

    (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to
    which any derivative is referenced:

    If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

    None.

(c) Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?


   
    Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)                                        NO
    Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)                                                   NO


   
    Date of disclosure:                        24 June 2015
    Contact name:                              Mark Edwards
    Telephone number:                          +44(0)207-934-2817

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44(0)20-7638-0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc

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