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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC - Correction:Shell's offer for BG:supplementary prospectus

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London, January 20

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For immediate release20 January 2016

Shell’s recommended cash and share offer for BG Group plc: publication of supplementary prospectus correction

The Hague, 20 January 2016 – The release regarding publication of a supplementary prospectus at 8:46am today (CET) has been published in error. Please disregard the release. A supplementary prospectus has been submitted to the UKLA for approval and a further announcement will follow in due course.

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This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute or form part of any offer to sell or subscribe for or any invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction pursuant to the recommended combination of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) and BG Group plc (“BG”) (the “Combination”) or otherwise nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities of Shell or BG pursuant to the Combination in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable laws. Investors should not make any investment decision except on the basis of information in the prospectus published by Shell in connection with the Combination. Copies of the prospectus are available from the registered office of Shell and in electronic form at www.shell.com, subject to certain access restrictions applicable to persons resident outside the UK.

In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the Code, a copy of this announcement is also available on the website of Shell at: www.shell.com. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of the website referred to in this announcement are not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.