Royal Dutch Shell plc: Notification of Transactions of Directors / Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Connected Persons05:31 EDT Wednesday, August 01, 2012LONDON, August 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Notification relating to a transaction notified in accordance with: DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) Date of Notification: 31 July 2012 Today's date: 1 August 2012 Name of Issuer: Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A)(NYSE:RDS.B) Date of transaction: 31 July 2012 Name of Directors/PDMRs:Directors/PDMRs who have interests in employee share plans (name/s listed below)Nature of the transaction:Exercise of stock options in relation to one of the Group employee share plans.Consideration for the transaction:Consideration paid upon exercise of the options or rights is the market value of the shares underlying the option or rights at the time of the grant(s).Classes of security:Royal Dutch Shell plc Class A ordinary shares ("RDSA")Director/PDMR:Jeroen van der Veer    150,000 RDSA at EUR 18.41(granted 19/03/2003)Mark Edwards Deputy Company Secretary Royal Dutch Shell plcEnquiries Shell Media Relations International, UK, European Press: +31-70-377-3600 Shell Investor Relations Europe: +31-70-377-3996 United States: +1-713-241-2069SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc