LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 23 May, 2013 it purchased for cancellation 1,110,497 "B" Shares at a price of 2317.59 pence per share.         

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,797,974,999 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,565,278,713                                            

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