Transaction in Own Shares

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On September 21, 2021, Royal Dutch Shell plc announced a purchase of 1,200,000 'B' shares for cancellation as part of its ongoing share buy-back program initiated on July 29, 2021. The share purchases included 1,050,000 shares at a weighted average price of 14.874 GBP, 90,000 shares at 14.875 GBP, and 60,000 shares at 14.876 GBP across various trading venues. This initiative is designed to enhance shareholder value and is conducted under regulatory compliance, ensuring market integrity.

Positive

• Share buy-back program supports shareholder value enhancement.
• Purchases conducted at competitive prices (highest 15.028 GBP, lowest 14.564 GBP).

Negative

• None.

Transaction in Own Shares
21 September 2021
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Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 21 September 2021 it purchased the following number of 'B' Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues:
Date of purchase	Number of “B” shares purchased	Highest price paid (GBP)	Lowest price paid (GBP)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP)	Venue
21/09/2021	1,050,000	15.028	14.564	14.874	LSE
21/09/2021	90,000	15.022	14.710	14.875	Chi-X (CXE)
21/09/2021	60,000	15.020	14.690	14.876	BATS (BXE)
These share purchases form part of the Company's share buy-back arrangement previously announced on 29 July 2021. In respect of this arrangement, Exane BNP Paribas will make trading decisions in relation to the Company’s securities independently of the Company for a period from 29 July 2021 up to and including 29 December 2021. Any such share purchases will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes (“EU MAR”) and EU MAR as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (on 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time (“UK MAR”) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (“EU MAR Delegation Regulation”) and EU MAR Delegated Regulation as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (on 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time. In accordance with EU MAR and UK MAR, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Exane BNP Paribas on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back arrangement is detailed below. Enquiries Media International: +44 (0) 207 934 5550 Media Americas: +1 832 337 4355 LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70 Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares

Attachment

• RNS Report SHELL 2021 09 21

FAQ

What was the share buy-back volume by Shell on September 21, 2021?

Royal Dutch Shell purchased a total of 1,200,000 'B' shares for cancellation on September 21, 2021.

What were the purchase prices of Shell's 'B' shares on September 21, 2021?

The highest price paid was 15.028 GBP and the lowest price was 14.564 GBP for the 'B' shares.

What was the purpose of Shell's share buy-back on September 21, 2021?

The buy-back is part of a strategy to enhance shareholder value.

What is the stock symbol for Royal Dutch Shell?

The stock symbols for Royal Dutch Shell are RDS.A and RDS.B.