LONDON, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 9 June, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 850,000 "A" Shares at a price of 25.03 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 450,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1,715.69 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,840,950,000.
As of 9 June, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue.