LONDON, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 22 July, 2008 it purchased for 400,000 "B" Shares at a price of 1833.54 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,547,035,973 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,725,926,895.

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc