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          Royal Dutch Shell plc Amsterdam Royal Dutch Shell plc London Royal Dutch Shell plc New York (ADS)
    Primary Exchange Amsterdam London New York
    Ticker Codes RDSA
    RDSB
    RDSA
    RDSB
    RDS.A
    RDS.B
    Currency EUR GBP USD
    Par Value €0.07 €0.07 €0.07
    SEDOL A-share B09CBL4 B03MLX2 B03MM62
    SEDOL B-share B09CBN6 B03MM40 B03MM73
    ISIN A-share GB00B03MLX29 GB00B03MLX29 US7802592060
    ISIN B-share GB00B03MM408 GB00B03MM408 US7802591070
    CUSIP A-share G7690A100 G7690A100 780259206
    CUSIP B-share G7690A118 G7690A118 780259107
    Dividend Frequency Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly
    Registered Office Shell Centre
    London
    SE1 7NA
    United Kingdom
    Shell Centre
    London
    SE1 7NA
    United Kingdom
    Shell Centre
    London
    SE1 7NA
    United Kingdom
    Headquarters Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
    2596 HR The Hague
    The Netherlands
    Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
    2596 HR The Hague
    The Netherlands
    Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
    2596 HR The Hague
    The Netherlands
    Registrars Equiniti Equiniti Equiniti
  • American Depository Shares (ADS) facility

    Royal Dutch Shell plc has an American Depositary Share (ADS) facility managed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Each ADS is equivalent to two Royal Dutch Shell ordinary shares.

      Royal Dutch Shell - A Shares

    Royal Dutch Shell - B Shares

    Symbol RDS.A RDS.B
    Exchange NYSE NYSE
    Depositary JPM JPM

    Underlying SEDOL

    Euronext: B09CBL4 London: B03MM40

    Underlying ISIN

    GB00B03MLX29 GB00B03MM408

    DR ISIN

    US7802592060 US7802591070


    Enquiries

    All enquiries concerning ADSs should be addressed to:

    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    P.O. Box 64504
    St. Paul, MN 55164-0504

    Overnight Mail:
    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101
    Mendota Heights, MN 55120-4100

    Tel: +1 888 737 2377 (USA only)
    Tel: +1 651 453 2128 (International)

    Email: jpmorgan.adr@eq-us.com
    Website: www.adr.com/shareholder

  • Difference between A and B shares

    Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares have identical rights, except related to the dividend access mechanism, which applies only to the Class B ordinary shares.

    Dividends paid on Class A ordinary shares have a Dutch source for tax purposes and are subject to Dutch withholding tax (see note 1 - Taxation). It is the expectation and the intention, although there can be no certainty, that holders of Class B ordinary shares will receive dividends via the dividend access mechanism (see note 2 - Dividend Access Mechanism).

    Any dividends paid via the dividend access mechanism will have a UK source for Dutch and UK tax purposes; there will be no UK or Dutch withholding tax on such dividends.
     

    • Note 1 – Taxation

    Royal Dutch Shell is incorporated in England and Wales and tax-resident in the Netherlands. As a tax resident of the Netherlands, it is generally required by Dutch law to withhold tax at a rate of 15% on dividends on its ordinary shares and ADSs, subject to the provisions of any applicable tax convention or domestic law.

    Based on a policy statement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Finance on April 29, 2016 (which will be formalized in law), and depending on their particular circumstances, non-Dutch resident shareholders may be entitled to a full or partial refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax.

    Furthermore, In April 2016, there were changes to the UK taxation of dividends. The dividend tax credit has been abolished, and a new tax free dividend allowance of £5,000 introduced. Dividend income in excess of the allowance will be taxable at the following rates: 7.5% within the basic rate band; 32.5% within the higher rate band; and 38.1% on dividend income taxable at the additional rate.

    If you are uncertain as to the tax treatment of any dividends you should consult your own tax advisor.

    The following sets forth the operation of the provisions on dividends on Royal Dutch Shell’s various ordinary shares and ADSs to US and UK holders, as well as certain other tax rules pertinent to holders. Each holder should consult their tax advisor.

    Dividends paid on the Dividend Access Share
    There is no Dutch withholding tax on dividends paid on Royal Dutch Shell Class B ordinary shares or Class B ADSs provided that such dividends are paid on the Dividend Access Share pursuant to the Dividend Access Mechanism.

    Dividends paid on the Dividend Access Share are treated as UK-source for tax purposes and there is also no UK withholding tax on them.

    All dividends with respect to Class B ordinary shares and Class B ADSs have to date been paid on the Dividend Access Share pursuant to the Dividend Access Mechanism.

    Dutch withholding tax
    United States resident holders
    When Dutch withholding tax applies, a United States resident holder will generally be subject to Dutch withholding tax at a rate of 15%. A United States resident holder who is entitled to the benefits of the tax convention between the United States and the Netherlands may be entitled to a reduction in the Dutch withholding tax.

    For example, if the US holder is an exempt pension trust as described in article 35 of the Convention, or an exempt organisation as described in article 36 thereof, the US holder will be exempt from Dutch withholding tax. Furthermore, United States resident shareholders may be entitled to a full or partial refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax following the policy statement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Finance on April 29, 2016 as referred to above.

    In general, the entire dividend (including any amount withheld) will be dividend income to the US holder, and the withholding tax will be treated as a foreign income tax that is eligible for credit against the US holder’s income tax liability or a deduction subject to certain limitations. A “US holder” includes, but is not limited to, a citizen or resident of the United States, or a corporation or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions.

    UK resident holders
    When Dutch withholding tax applies, a UK-resident holder will generally be subject to Dutch withholding tax at a rate of 15%.

    A UK resident holder who is entitled to the benefits of the tax convention between the UK and the Netherlands will be entitled to claim a refund of 5% from the Dutch Revenue. Furthermore, UK resident shareholders may be entitled to a full or partial refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax following the policy statement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Finance on April 29, 2016 as referred to above.

    Furthermore, UK resident pension funds, meeting certain defined criteria, may claim a full refund of the dividend tax withheld.

    Non-US/UK resident holders
    For shareholders who are resident in any other country than the United States or the UK, the availability of a whole or partial exemption or refund of Dutch withholding tax is governed by Dutch tax law and/or the tax convention, if any, between the Netherlands and the country of the shareholder’s residence. Furthermore, non-Dutch shareholders may be entitled to a full or partial refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax following the policy statement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Finance on April 29, 2016 as referred to above.
     

    • Note 2 - Dividend Access Mechanism

    A dividend access share has been issued by The Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd (“Shell Transport”) and BG Group Ltd (“BG”) to Computershare Trustees (Jersey) Limited ) as dividend access trustee (“the Trustee”). Pursuant to a declaration of trust, the Trustee will hold any dividends paid in respect of the dividend access shares on trust for the holders of B shares and will arrange for prompt disbursement of such dividends to holders of Class B shares.

    Interest and other income earned on unclaimed dividends will be for the account of Shell Transport and BG and any dividends which are unclaimed after 12 years will revert to Shell Transport and BG (as applicable). Holders of B shares will not have any interest in either dividend access share and will not have any rights against Shell Transport and BG as issuers of the dividend access shares. The only assets held on trust for the benefit of the holders of B shares will be dividends paid to the dividend access trustee in respect of the dividend access shares.

    The declaration and payment of dividends on the dividend access shares will require board action by Shell Transport and BG (as applicable) and will be subject to any applicable limitations in law or in the Shell Transport or BG (as appropriate) articles of association in effect. In no event will the aggregate amount of the dividend paid by Shell Transport and BG under the dividend access mechanism for a particular period exceed the aggregate amount of the dividend declared by the Royal Dutch Shell Board on the B shares in respect of the same period.

    Operation of dividend access mechanism
    If, in connection with the announcement of a dividend by the Company on B shares, the Board of Shell Transport and/or the Board of BG elects to declare and pay a dividend on their respective dividend access shares to the Trustee, the holders of B shares will be beneficially entitled to receive their share of those dividends pursuant to the declaration of trust (and arrangements will be made to ensure that the dividend is paid in the same currency in which they would have received a dividend from the Company).

    If any amount is paid by Shell Transport or BG by way of a dividend on the dividend access shares and paid by the Trustee to any holder of B shares, the dividend which the Company would otherwise pay on B shares will be reduced by an amount equal to the amount paid to such holders of B shares by the Trustee.

    The Company will have a full and unconditional obligation, in the event that the Trustee does not pay an amount to holders of B shares on a cash dividend payment date (even if that amount has been paid to the Trustee), to pay immediately the dividend announced on B shares. The right of holders of B shares to receive distributions from the Trustee will be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of any payment actually made by the Company on account of any dividend on B shares.

    If for any reason no dividend is paid on the dividend access shares, holders of B shares will only receive dividends from the Company directly. Any payment by the Company will be subject to Dutch withholding tax (unless an exemption is obtained under Dutch law or under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty).

    The Dutch tax treatment of dividends paid under the dividend access mechanism has been confirmed by the Dutch Revenue Service in an agreement (“vaststellingsovereenkomst”) with the Company and N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company) dated October 26, 2004, as supplemented and amended by an agreement between the same parties dated April 25, 2005, and a final settlement agreement in connection with the Company’s acquisition of BG dated November 9, 2015.

    The agreements state, among other things, that dividend distributions on the dividend access shares by Shell Transport and/or BG will not be subject to Dutch withholding tax provided that the dividend access mechanism is structured and operated substantially as set out above.

    The Company may not extend the dividend access mechanism to any future issuances of B shares without prior consultation of the Dutch Revenue Service. Accordingly, the Company would not expect to issue additional B shares unless that confirmation from the Dutch Revenue Service were obtained or the Company were to determine that the continued operation of the dividend access mechanism was unnecessary. Any further issue of B shares is subject to advance consultation with the Dutch Revenue Service.

    The dividend access mechanism may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company’s Directors or the Directors of Shell Transport or BG, for any reason and without financial recompense. This might, for instance, occur in response to changes in relevant tax legislation.

    The daily operations of the Trust are administered on behalf of Shell by the Trustee. Material financial information of the Trust is included in the “Consolidated Financial Statements” and is therefore subject to the same disclosure controls and procedures as Shell.

  • Share Capital History

    Following the Unification of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. which was completed on July 20, 2005, shareholders (depending on their previous type of holding) received the following:

    • For each Royal Dutch ordinary share held in New York registry form tendered:
         1 Royal Dutch Shell Class A American Depositary Receipt (a)
    • For each Royal Dutch ordinary share held in bearer or Hague registry form tendered:
         2 Royal Dutch Shell Class A ordinary shares
    • For each Shell Transport Ordinary Share (including Shell Transport Ordinary shares to which holders of Shell Transport bearer warrants were entitled):
         0.287333066 Royal Dutch Shell Class B ordinary shares
    • For each Shell Transport ADR:
         0.861999198 Royal Dutch Shell Class B American Depositary Receipts (b)

    (a) Each Royal Dutch Shell Class A American Depositary Receipt represents 2 Royal Dutch Shell Class A ordinary shares.

    (b) Each Royal Dutch Shell Class B American Depositary Receipt represents 2 Royal Dutch Shell Class B ordinary shares.

    • Share Capital History (archived) Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij)
    • Share Capital History (archived) The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. 
       

    Shell Transport Preference shares

    1. In consideration for the cancellation of the Shell Transport First Preference shares, holders received £1.0448 for each Shell Transport First Preference share held, comprising:

    • the £1 of capital paid up on such share;
    • a premium of £0.0284 calculated by reference to the average share price of the Shell Transport First Preference shares (adjusted to take account of unpaid arrears of dividend down to the dividend payment date on 1 April 2005) in the six months preceding 18 April 2005 (being the date thirty clear days before the date of the notice convening the Shell Transport EGM); and
    • £0.0164, being the fixed dividend on such share down to the date of the repayment of capital (which is expected to be 19 July 2005).
       

    2. In consideration for the cancellation of the Shell Transport Second Preference shares, holders received £1.4735 for each Shell Transport Second Preference share held, comprising:

    • the £1 of capital paid up on such share;
    • a premium of £0.4410 calculated by reference to the average share price of the Shell Transport Second Preference shares (adjusted to take account of unpaid arrears of dividend down to the dividend payment date on 1 February 2005) in the six months preceding 18 April 2005 (being the date thirty clear days before the date of the notice convening the Shell Transport EGM); and
    • £0.0325, being the fixed dividend on such share down to the date of the repayment of capital (which is expected to be 19 July 2005).

    Amounts payable to holders of Shell Transport Preference shares in respect of the premium and the fixed dividend were rounded up to the nearest whole pence.

  • Share Capital History (archive)

    Royal Dutch Petroleum Company

    Historic share capital history information relating to Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) which ceased to exist on 21 December 2005.

    The share capital has been split 3 times since the last share capital issue in 1969:
     

    Date   Split rate Par value Number of outstanding shares after split
    02 March 1981 1:2 NLG 10.00 268,037,444
    18 January 1989 1:2 NLG 5.00 536,074,088
    30 June 1997 1:4 NLG 1.25 2,144,296,352


    In 2002, the share capital was Redenominated from guilders to euros:
     

    Date Par value after
    redomination
    Number of outstanding shares after
    redomination
    16 May 2002 € 0.56 2,083,500,000


    Under a share buyback programme, a total of 60,796,352 ordinary shares Royal Dutch have been acquired in 2001 and 2002. All these shares been cancelled following approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders.

    In 2004, 9,100,000 ordinary shares Royal Dutch have been acquired and for 1,775,000 ordinary shares cancellation was approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2004.

    The number of outstanding shares per December 31, 2004 was 2,081,725,000 ordinary shares, including 7,325,000 ordinary shares purchased and held by Royal Dutch. In the January, February and March 2005, 4,880,000 ordinary shares have been acquired by Royal Dutch. For these shares, and the shares held per 31 December 2004, the General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2005 has approved cancellation.

    Pursuant to the amendment of the articles of association of Royal Dutch on 4 July, 2005, the 1500 outstanding priority shares were converted in 1,200,000 ordinary shares. Therefore, the total number of outstanding shares of Royal Dutch is 2,082,925,000.

     

    Shell Transport & Trading Co.

    Historic share capital history information relating to The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. which delisted on 19 July 2005.

    Share capital issues in recent years are as follows:

    All shares were issued to holders credited as fully paid (no payment due by the shareholder).

    • 1 share for every 4 shares held on 10th July 1956
    • 1 share for every 5 shares held on 15th May 1961
    • 1 share for every 5 shares held on 12th May 1964
    • 1 share for every 1 share held on 17th May 1979
    • 2 shares for every 1 share held on 7th December 1988
    • 2 shares for every 1 share held on 30th June 1997
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