LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 4 September, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 750,000 "A" Shares at a price of 27.03 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 250,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1823.01 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,758,000,000.
As of 4 September, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue.
