LONDON, August 5 /EMWNews/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:

RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on 5 August, 2008 it purchased for

cancellation 380,000 "B" Shares at a price of 1713.05 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 2,723,179,395.