Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS-A) (RDS-B) announces that on 24 July, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 194,526 "B" Shares at a price of 2247.09 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,715,813,349 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,632,200,715.