LONDON, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 7 July, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 1,050,000 "A" Shares at a price of 26.60 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 550,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1844.72 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,809,920,000.
As of 7 July, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue.