LONDON, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
       which voting rights are attached:

       Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) (A Shares)

    2. Reason for the notification                             State
                                                               Yes/No

    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                 Yes

    An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
     instruments which may result in the acquisition of
     shares already issued to which voting rights are
     attached

    An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
     economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

    Other (please specify):

    3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
        obligation:                                        Legal & General
                                                           Group Plc (L&G)

    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Legal & General
                                                           Assurance
                                                           (Pensions
                                                           Management)
                                                           Limited (PMC)

    5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
       threshold is crossed or reached:                    30 June 2009

    6. Date on which issuer notified:                      1 July 2009

    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:        From 4% to 3%
                                                               (L&G)

    8. Notified details:

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    Class/type            Situation               Resulting situation
    of shares          previous to the            after the triggering
    if                   Triggering                   transaction
    possible             transaction
    using the
    ISIN CODE
                     Number        Number               Number
                       of            of                   of
                     Shares        Voting               shares
                                   Rights
    A ORD EURO
    0.07 (UK)    24,092,113    24,092,113          25,393,317
    A ORD EURO  117,847,249   117,847,249         115,925,744
    0.07 (NL)

    ADRs             34,400        68,800                   0


    Table continued below


    Class/type              Resulting situation
    of shares               after the triggering
    if                          transaction
    possible
    using the
    ISIN CODE
                         Number of voting     % of voting
                             rights            rights

                          Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
    A ORD EURO
    0.07 (UK)         25,393,317           0.716
    A ORD EURO       115,925,744           3.269
    0.07 (NL)

    ADRs                       0            0.00

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

     Type of    Expiration  Exercise/    Number of         % of voting
     financial     date     Conversion   voting rights       rights
     instrument               Period     that may be
                                         acquired if
                                         the instrument
                                         is exercised/
                                         converted

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
       Financial Instruments
       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

    Type of     Exercise  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of      % of voting
    financial    Price       date     Conversion  voting rights  rights
    instrument                        Period      instrument
                                                   refers to

                                                                Nominal Delta


    Total (A+B+C)
    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
    141,319,061                  3.98%

    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
       and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

    Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
     (Direct and Indirect) (LGIMH)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G)
     (141,319,061 - 3.98% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

    Legal & General Investment Management     Legal & General Insurance
                                               Holdings Limited
     (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)       (Direct) (LGIH)
     (124,977,343 - 3.52% = PMC)

    Legal & General Assurance                 Legal & General Assurance
     (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)       Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
     (124,977,343 - 3.52% = PMC)

                                              Legal & General Pensions
                                               Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

    Proxy Voting:

    10. Name of the proxy holder:
        N/A

    11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
        N/A

    12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
        N/A

    13. Additional information:
        Notification using the total voting rights figure of 3,545,663,973

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc