AUDIT TENDER PRESS RELEASE - 19.5.2015

SHELL TO PROPOSE THE APPOINTMENT OF EY AS AUDITOR FROM 2016

Royal Dutch Shell plc will propose to shareholders at the 2016 Annual General
Meeting that EY be appointed as the company’s auditor for the financial year
2016. This follows an extensive competitive tender, in line with industry best
practice. As a result, EY will be recommended to succeed PwC, Shell’s sole
auditor since 2005. 

Guy Elliott, Chairman of Shell’s Audit Committee, said: “On behalf of Shell’s
Board of Directors, I’d like to thank PwC for their diligence and dedication.

“Subject to shareholder approval at the 2016 AGM, we look forward to working
with EY.”

ENDS

Notes to editors:

Shell’s decision to embark upon a competitive tender process to appoint an
external auditor was referenced in the company’s 2013 Annual Report.

Annual appointment of external auditors by AGM is required under UK law. The
intention, subject to shareholder approval, is for EY to provide audit services
for five years, with an option to extend for a further five years.

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in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam, and New York stock
exchanges.  Shell companies have operations in more than 70 countries and
territories with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production;
production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids;
manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and
renewable energy projects. For further information, visit www.shell.com. 

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The companies in which Royal Dutch Shell plc directly and indirectly owns
investments are separate entities. In this presentation “Shell”, “Shell group”
and “Royal Dutch Shell” are sometimes used for convenience where references are
made to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general. Likewise, the
words “we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refer to subsidiaries in general or
to those who work for them. These expressions are also used where no useful
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presentation refer to companies in which Royal Dutch Shell either directly or
indirectly has control. Companies over which Shell has joint control are
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significant influence but neither control nor joint control are referred to as
“associates”. The term “Shell interest” is used for convenience to indicate the
direct and/or indirect ownership interest held by Shell in a venture,
partnership or company, after exclusion of all third-party interest. 

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This announcement contains forward looking statements concerning the financial
condition, results of operations and businesses of Shell and the Shell Group.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to
be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of
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assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those
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among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Shell and
the Shell Group to market risks and statements expressing management’s
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as "anticipate", "believe", "could", "estimate", "expect", "goals", "intend",
"may", "objectives", "outlook", "plan", "probably", "project", "risks", "seek",
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factors that could affect the future operations of Shell and the Shell Group and
could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward looking statements included in this announcement, including (without
limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in
demand for Shell's products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and
production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and
industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated
with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and
targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the
risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to
international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments
including regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and
financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political
risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of
contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of
projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; and (m) changes in
trading conditions. All forward looking statements contained in this
announcement are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place
undue reliance on forward looking statements. Additional factors that may affect
future results are contained in Shell's 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2014
(available at www.shell.com/investor and www.sec.gov ). These factors also
should be considered by the reader.  Each forward looking statement speaks only
as of the date of this announcement, 19 May 2015. Neither Shell nor any of its
subsidiaries nor the Shell Group undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward looking statement as a result of new information, future
events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ
materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward looking
statements contained in this announcement.

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This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into:

a) the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Shell
International Finance B.V. (Registration Numbers 333-199736 and 333-199736-01);
and

b) the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 of Royal Dutch Shell plc 
(Registration Numbers 333-126715, 333-141397, 333-171206, 333-192821 and
333-200953).