LONDON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 11 June, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2127.97 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,696,048,510 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,640,706,433.

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc