LONDON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) announces that on 18 June, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 608,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2206.13 pence per share.                          

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,696,048,510 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,637,335,433                                             

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc