Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Royal Dutch Shell Plc: Buyback of Own Shares

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A - News; NYSE:RDS.B - News) plc announces that on 13 December, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 700,000 "A" Shares at a price of 26.68 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 150,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1792.30 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,697,430,000.

As of 13 December, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue. Holders of A Shares and B Shares are entitled to one vote per share.

Nothing much to say I guess. I've always said that oil and gas stocks are always a safe bet, thus for those who listened to me, congrats!

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