LONDON, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 31 May, 2006 it purchased for cancellation 750,000 "A" Shares at a price of 25.66 euros per share. It further announces that on the same date it purchased for cancellation 250,000 "A" Shares at a price of 1,757.83 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,849,463,000.
As of 31 May, 2006 2,759,360,000 "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc were in issue.
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