TIDMRDSA TIDMRDSB 
 
 
   TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS 
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1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
 issuer of existing shares to which 
 voting rights are attached(ii) :                Royal Dutch Shell plc 
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
 an "X" if appropriate) 
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Non-UK issuer 
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
 with an "X") 
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             X 
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
Name                                             The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC") 
City and country of registered office 
 (if applicable)                                 Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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Name 
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City and country of registered office 
 (if applicable) 
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5. Date on which the threshold was 
 crossed or reached(vi) :                        14 January 2020 
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):   17 January 2020 
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
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                                                 % of voting rights 
                           % of voting rights    through financial                      Total number 
                           attached to shares    instruments (total    Total of both     of voting rights 
                             (total of 8. A)     of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)    in % (8.A + 8.B)   of issuer(vii) 
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Resulting situation 
 on the date on 
 which threshold 
 was crossed or 
 reached                                5.0017%             0.0000%            5.0017%      7,866,672,080 
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Position of previous 
 notification (if 
 applicable)                            4.9875%             0.0000%            4.9875% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
 threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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Class/type of 
 shares 
 ISIN code (if possible)    Number of voting rights(ix)                   % of voting rights 
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                                   Direct                Indirect                                                   Indirect 
                             (Art 9 of Directive   (Art 10 of Directive                Direct                  (Art 10 of Directive 
                                2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC)              (Art 9 of Directive               2004/109/EC) 
                                  (DTR5.1)              (DTR5.2.1)              2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
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A Ordinary 
 GB00B03MLX29                                                 40,112,052                                                     0.5099% 
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A ADR 
 US7802592060                                                 11,118,478                                                     0.1413% 
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B Ordinary 
 GB00B03MM408                                                171,436,035                                                     2.1793% 
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B ADR 
 US7802591070                                                170,798,166                                                     2.1712% 
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SUBTOTAL 8. A                                                393,464,731                                                     5.0017% 
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
 (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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Type of financial           Expiration            Exercise/               Number of voting                   % of voting rights 
 instrument                  date(x)               Conversion Period(xi)   rights that may be 
                                                                           acquired if the instrument 
                                                                           is 
                                                                           exercised/converted. 
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N/A 
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                                                  SUBTOTAL 8. B 
                                                   1 
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 
 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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Type of financial          Expiration             Exercise/               Physical or cash  Number of        % of voting rights 
 instrument                 date(x)               Conversion              settlement(xii)    voting rights 
                                                  Period (xi) 
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N/A 
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                                                                          SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation 
 (please mark the 
 applicable box with an "X") 
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by 
 any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
 undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
 issuer(xiii) 
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
 and/or the 
 financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
 controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) (please add additional 
 rows as necessary)                                                                  X 
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                                                                % of voting rights 
                                                                 through financial 
                                         % of voting rights       instruments if     Total of both 
                                             if it equals          it equals or       if it equals 
                                             or is higher         is higher than      or is higher 
                                         than the notifiable      the notifiable      than the notifiable 
Name(xv)                                      threshold              threshold        threshold 
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The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
 Holdings by CG Management companies 
 are set out below:                                   5.0017%               0.0000%               5.0017% 
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- Capital Bank & Trust Company(2) 
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- Capital International, Inc.(1) 
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- Capital International Limited(1) 
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- Capital International Sàrl(1) 
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- Capital Research and Management 
 Company(2) 
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(1) Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 
 (2) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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Name of the proxy holder 
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The number and % of voting rights held 
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The date until which the voting rights will 
 be held 
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11. Additional information(xvi) 
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The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management 
Company ("CRMC") and Capital Bank & Trust Company ("CB&T"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management 
company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled 
investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. CRMC and its investment manager 
affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital 
Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the 
parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of four 
investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital 
International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. CGII management 
companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. 
CB&T is a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an 
affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for 
its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the 
discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described 
above. 
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Place of completion  Los Angeles, CA, USA 
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Date of completion   17 January 2020 (Capital Group) 
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   Anthony Clarke 
 
   Deputy Company Secretary 
 
   Royal Dutch Shell plc 
 
   020 7934 2584 
 
   LEI Number: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70 
 
   Major Shareholding Notifications 
 
 
 
 

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