LONDON, October 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) announces that on 24 October, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 612,474 "B" Shares at a price of 2191.78 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,738,139,035 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,629,341,728.

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc