LONDON, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 4 July, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 680,000 "A" Shares at a price of 26.42 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 385,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1833.10 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,814,970,000.
As of 4 July, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue.