Form 8.3 - Royal Dutch Shell plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RDSa.L</Origin>

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15/12/2015 11:40

FORM 8.3 
 
 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
 A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 
 Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
 1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
  (a) Full name of discloser:                                                                                                                                                                                                           Prudential Plc / M&G Investment Management Limited   
  (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):   The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.      N/A                                               
  (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:   Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                                                 Royal Dutch Shell plc                             
  (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                                                                    N/A                                               
  (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:   For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure                                                                                             14 December 2015                                 
  (f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?   If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"                                            Yes                                               
 2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
 If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security. 
 
 (a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing
(if any) 
 
  Class of relevant security:                                                            'A' SHS EUR0.07                               
                                                                                      Interests                   Short positions      
  Number                                                                                %               Number      %         
  (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                        9,429,549      0.23%                       
  (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                     
  (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                 
      TOTAL:                                                                            9,429,549      0.23%                       
  Class of relevant security:                                                            'B' SHS EUR0.07                                
                                                                                      Interests                    Short positions      
  Number                                                                                %                Number      %         
  (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                        35,370,970      1.45%                       
  (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                          2,394,875       0.09%                       
  (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                  
      TOTAL:                                                                            37,765,845      1.54%                       
 All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. 
 
 Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions). 
 
 (b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including
directors' and other employee options) 
 
  Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:         
  Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:        
 3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
 Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. 
 
 The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
 (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
  Class of relevant security    Purchase/sale      Number of securities    Price per unit     
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Transfer Out        1                       N/A                 
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Sale                304                     45.00000            
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Sale                1,478                   45.00000            
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Purchase            160                     45.00000            
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Transfer Out        480                     N/A                 
  *'A' SHS EUR0.07              Purchase            1,300                   45.00000            
  'B' SHS EUR0.07               Sale                933                     15.00000            
  *'B' SHS EUR0.07              Sale                116                     45.00000            
  *'B' SHS EUR0.07              Purchase            36                      45.00000            
  *'B' SHS EUR0.07              Sale                954                     45.00000            
  *'B' SHS EUR0.07              Transfer In         14                      N/A                 
 *These trades have been notified by one of our US sub-advisors and have been
reported as soon as we were notified of the trades. 
 
 (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
  Class of relevant security    Product description e.g. CFD    Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position    Number of reference securities    Price per unit   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                         
 
  (c)       Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
 
 (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
  Class of relevant security    Product description e.g. call option    Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.    Number of securities to which option relates    Exercise price per unit    Type e.g. American, European etc.    Expiry date    Option money paid/ received per unit   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 (ii)        Exercise 
 
  Class of relevant security    Product description e.g. call option    Exercising/ exercised against    Number of securities    Exercise price per unit   
                                                                                                                                                     
 (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
  Class of relevant security    Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion    Details    Price per unit (if applicable)   
                                                                                                                          
 4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
 
 (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
  Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives 
 
  Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 (c)        Attachments 
 
  Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?      NO     
  Date of disclosure:    15 December 2015     
  Contact name:          Ravi Patel            
  Telephone number:      020 7004 4517         
 Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk .  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements
on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. 
 
 The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
. 
 

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