5 Sep 2016 12:18
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC - Holding(s) in CompanyROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC - Holding(s) in Company
PR Newswire
London, September 5
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | Royal Dutch Shell plc | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | The Capital Group Companies, Inc. | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See answer to Question 9 | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 1 September 2016 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 2 September 2016 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Above 5% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| A Ordinary (GB00B03MLX29) | 56,222,146 | 56,222,146 | 56,222,146 | 0.697% | ||||||||||||
| A ADRs (US7802592060) | 9,976,025 | 19,952,050 | 19,952,050 | 0.247% | ||||||||||||
| B Ordinary (GB00B03MM408) | 146,791,826 | 146,791,826 | 149,406,895 | 1.851% | ||||||||||||
| B ADRs (US7802591070) | 89,343,475 | 178,686,950 | 178,686,980 | 2.214% | ||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| N/A | ||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| N/A | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 404,268,071 | 5.009% | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||
| The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: Capital Guardian Trust Company(1) Capital International, Inc(1) Capital International Limited(1) Capital International Sarl(1) Capital Research and Management Company(2) | Number of Shares 404,268,071 | Percent of Outstanding 5.0087% | ||
| (1) Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company (2) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. | ||||
| Proxy Voting: | ||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | ||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | ||||
| 13. Additional information: | ||||
| 14. Contact name: | Mark Edwards Royal Dutch Shell plc | |||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | +44 20 7934 2817 | |||