LONDON, August 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 22 August, 2008 it purchased for cancellation 340,000 'B' Shares at a price of 1838.32 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of 'A' Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,547,035,973 and the remaining number of 'B' Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,718,274,236.

SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc