LONDON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 25 July, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 77,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2246.23 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 2,632,123,715.

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc