LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) announces that on 13 May, 2008 it purchased for cancellation 800,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2013.02 pence per share

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,549,954,210 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,741,465,057

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