Notification of Major Shareholdings
20 Gennaio 2020 - 11:33AM
Notification of Major Shareholdings
TR-1: Standard form for notification of
major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS |
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1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are
attachedii: |
Royal Dutch Shell plc |
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer
(please mark with an “X” if appropriate) |
Non-UK issuer |
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the
appropriate box or boxes with an “X”) |
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify)iii: |
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3. Details of person subject to the notification
obligationiv |
Name |
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC") |
City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.)v |
Name |
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City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedvi: |
14 January 2020 |
6. Date on which issuer notified
(DD/MM/YYYY): |
17 January 2020 |
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation |
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% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 +
8.B 2) |
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
Total number of voting rights of issuervii |
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or
reached |
5.0017% |
0.0000% |
5.0017% |
7,866,672,080 |
Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
4.9875% |
0.0000% |
4.9875% |
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date
on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii |
A: Voting rights attached to shares |
Class/type of sharesISIN code (if possible) |
Number of voting
rightsix |
% of voting rights |
Direct(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) |
Indirect(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.2.1) |
Direct(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) |
Indirect(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.2.1) |
A OrdinaryGB00B03MLX29 |
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40,112,052 |
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0.5099% |
A ADRUS7802592060 |
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11,118,478 |
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0.1413% |
B OrdinaryGB00B03MM408 |
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171,436,035 |
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2.1793% |
B ADRUS7802591070 |
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170,798,166 |
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2.1712% |
SUBTOTAL 8. A |
393,464,731 |
5.0017% |
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of
Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) |
Type of financial instrument |
Expiration datex |
Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the
instrument is exercised/converted. |
% of voting rights |
N/A |
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 |
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1
(b)) |
Type of financial instrument |
Expiration datex |
Exercise/ Conversion Period xi |
Physical or cash
settlementxii |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
N/A |
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 |
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the
notification obligation (please mark the applicable box
with an “X”) |
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by
any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other
undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the
(underlying) issuerxiii |
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Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held
starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal
entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary) |
X |
Namexv |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the
notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it
equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
threshold |
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.Holdings by CG Management
companies are set out below: |
5.0017% |
0.0000% |
5.0017% |
- Capital Bank & Trust Company2 |
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- Capital International, Inc.1 |
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- Capital International Limited1 |
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- Capital International Sàrl1 |
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- Capital Research and Management Company2 |
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1Indirect
subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.
2Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. |
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: |
Name of the proxy holder |
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The number and % of voting rights held |
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The date until which the voting rights will be held |
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11. Additional informationxvi |
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) is the parent company of
Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Bank
& Trust Company (“CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment
management company that serves as investment manager to the
American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment
vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients.
CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for
various investment companies through three divisions, Capital
Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and
Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of
Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGII”), which in turn is the
parent company of four investment management companies (“CGII
management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital
International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital
International K.K. CGII management companies and CB&T
primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high
net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based investment
management company that is a registered investment adviser and an
affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of
its affiliates own shares of your company for its own
account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are
owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of
one or more of the investment management companies described
above. |
Place of completion |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Date of completion |
17 January 2020 (Capital Group) |
Anthony ClarkeDeputy Company SecretaryRoyal Dutch Shell plc020
7934 2584
LEI Number: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70Major Shareholding
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