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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON<BR>
JULY 20, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


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UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Carel Van Bylandtlaan 30<BR>
2596 HR The Hague<BR>
The Netherlands<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (US)<BR>
GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (US &#151; SOLAR)<BR>
ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL SOLAR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC.<BR>
SHELL OIL COMPANY KEY STAFF ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
SHELL OIL COMPANY SENIOR STAFF ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL COMPANIES IN THE U.S.<BR>
SENIOR EXECUTIVE GROUP ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL<BR>
COMPANIES IN THE U.S.<BR>
SHELL PAY DEFERRAL INVESTMENT FUND<BR>
SHELL PROVIDENT FUND<BR>
SHELL PETROLEUM N.V. STOCK OPTION PLAN (1967)<BR>
THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED STOCK OPTION PLAN (1967)<BR>
SHELL PETROLEUM N.V. STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES<BR>
THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES<BR>
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN),<BR>
RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN AND DEFERRED SHARE PLAN



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">THE SHELL SAVINGS PLANS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CT CORPORATION SYSTEM<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue, 13<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10011<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(212)&nbsp;894-8400<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
Cravath, Swaine &#038; Moore LLP<BR>
CityPoint<BR>
One Ropemaker Street<BR>
London EC2Y 9HR<BR>
Attention: William P. Rogers, Jr.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">share</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Class&nbsp;A Ordinary
Shares, nominal
value <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>0.07 per
share
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">114,258,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(3)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,294,792,862</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(4)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">387,797.12</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(5)</TD>
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Shares, nominal
value <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>0.07 per
share
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4,104,328</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(3)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">82,625,731</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">9,725.05</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(5)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Class&nbsp;A ADRs issuable upon deposit of the Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares registered hereby have been
registered under a Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No.: 333-125035.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also
cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plans as
a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The Royal Dutch Shell (as defined in Part&nbsp;II, Item&nbsp;3) ordinary shares being registered hereby
include:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>7,600,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Global
Employee Share Purchase Plan (US) (&#147;Plan A&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>400,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Global Employee
Share Purchase Plan (US &#151; Solar) (&#147;Plan B&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>27,040 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Royal Dutch
Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Solar Employment Services Inc. (&#147;Plan C&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>2,123,060 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Oil
Company Key Staff Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan (&#147;Plan D&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>3,105,380 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Oil
Company Senior Staff Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan (&#147;Plan E&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
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    <TD>31,975,900 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Royal
Dutch Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Companies in the U.S. (&#147;Plan F&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(g)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>8,826,620 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Senior
Executive Group Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Companies in
the U.S. (&#147;Plan G&#148;);</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(h)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>32,800,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Pay
Deferral Investment Fund (&#147;Plan H&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>7,200,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell
Provident Fund (&#147;Plan I&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(j)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>2,000,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares and 1,005,665 Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Shell Petroleum N.V. Stock Option Plan (1967) (&#147;Plan J&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(k)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>180,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares and 430,999 Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares to
be offered under The Shell Petroleum Company Limited Stock Option Plan (1967)
(&#147;Plan K&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(l)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>3,000,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares and 1,436,665 Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Shell Petroleum N.V. Stock Option Plan for Employees (&#147;Plan
L&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(m)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>320,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares and 430,999 Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares to
be offered under The Shell Petroleum Company Limited Stock Option Plan for
Employees (&#147;Plan M&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(n)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>14,700,000 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares and 800,000 Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Royal Dutch Shell plc Long Term Incentive Plan (Performance
Share Plan), Restricted Share Plan and Deferred Share Plan.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Shell Pay
Deferral Investment Fund and the Shell Provident Fund described herein.



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for
the purpose of computing the registration fee and based upon the total of (a)
$1,314,466,658, representing the aggregate exercise price of the options to purchase
23,029,000 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch (as defined in Part&nbsp;II, Item&nbsp;3) in New York
registry form and 2,750,000 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch in Hague registry form outstanding
as of July&nbsp;15, 2005, and the options to purchase 11,500,000 ordinary shares of Shell
Transport (as defined in Part&nbsp;II, Item&nbsp;3) outstanding as of
July&nbsp;15, 2005, that will become
options to purchase a total of 54,862,330 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch Shell upon
consummation of the Scheme of Arrangement and (b)&nbsp;$2,062,951,935 with respect to the balance
of the ordinary shares of Royal Dutch Shell registered hereby, based upon the average of the
high and low prices of Royal Dutch ordinary shares and Shell Transport ADRs, as applicable, on
July&nbsp;15, 2005. The prices of Royal Dutch ordinary shares in New York registry form and Shell
Transport ADRs, as applicable, have been used for these purposes because pursuant to the Offer
and the Scheme of Arrangement each such ordinary share of Royal Dutch and each ADR of Shell
Transport is being converted into ordinary shares or ADRs of Royal Dutch Shell, based upon the
exchange ratio of 2 Royal Dutch Shell</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares (to be represented by 1 Royal Dutch Shell Class&nbsp;A ADR) for each
Royal Dutch ordinary share in New York registry form and 0.861999198 of a Royal Dutch Shell
Class&nbsp;B ordinary share for each Shell Transport ADR.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, Royal Dutch Shell hereby offsets
the registration fee required in connection with this Registration
Statement by $299,151.81
previously paid by Royal Dutch and Shell Transport in connection with the registration of
their ordinary shares on Form S-8 as described in the chart below. Accordingly, the filing fee
paid herewith is $98,370.36.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Set forth below is a chart showing the credits against fees otherwise payable pursuant to Rule
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3">Fee Credit on New</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3">S-8 Pursuant to</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Plan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">File No. 333-</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date of Filing</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Fee Paid</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</sup></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Unused Shares<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Rule 457(p)</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Plans A, B &#038; C
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">102183
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12/23/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15,643.60</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4,000,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2,191,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">8,568.78</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Plans D, E, F &#038; G
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">13384
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4/18/01
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">284,900.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">20,000,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">16,295,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">232,122.28</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Plans H &#038; I
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">97935
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8/12/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">96,565.50</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">25,000,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">15,135,000 RD
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">58,460.75</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Plans J, K, L &#038; M
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7590
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">6/28/01
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">**</SUP>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1,497,600 RD<BR>
9,978,200 ST
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">**</SUP>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">&#151; <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">**</SUP>
</TD>
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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">&#147;RD&#148; represents Royal Dutch
ordinary shares and &#147;ST&#148; represents Shell Transport ordinary
shares.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">**</SUP></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">No fee paid; fee brought forward by
post-effective amendment to S-8 filed 9/12/97. Therefore, no fee credit under
Rule&nbsp;457(p).</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART I



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) by Royal Dutch Shell plc (&#147;Royal Dutch Shell&#148;), Royal Dutch Petroleum
Company (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) (&#147;Royal Dutch&#148;), The &#147;Shell&#148;
Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. (&#147;Shell Transport&#148;) and by the plans specified in (6)&nbsp;and (7)
below (the &#147;Shell Savings Plans&#148;) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof:




<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the Annual Report on Form 20-F/A (Amendment No.&nbsp;1) of Royal Dutch and Shell
Transport for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;4, 2005;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport, as furnished to the SEC
on May&nbsp;9, 2005 (containing the First Quarter 2005 Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial
Reports of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, Royal Dutch and Shell Transport);



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch, as furnished to the SEC on May&nbsp;31, 2005
(furnishing the Notice of Meeting 2005) and July&nbsp;5, 2005 (furnishing the report of the 2005
Annual General Meeting);



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch Shell, as furnished to the SEC on July&nbsp;20,
2005 (containing the Audited Financial Statements of Royal Dutch Shell as of and for the
years ending December&nbsp;31, 2002, 2003 and 2004) and July&nbsp;20, 2005 (containing the description
of the Royal Dutch Shell capital stock);



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the Registration Statement of Royal Dutch Shell on Form F-4 (Registration No.
333-125037) as filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;19, 2005;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the Annual Report of Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund on Form 11-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;5, 2005; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the Annual Report of Shell Provident Fund on Form 11-K for the year ended December
31, 2004, as filed the SEC on July&nbsp;5, 2005.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents subsequently filed or furnished by Royal Dutch Shell with or to the
SEC after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:



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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>reports filed under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>reports furnished on Form 6-K that indicate that they are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.



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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Not applicable.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Not applicable.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 6.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;151 of the articles of association of Royal Dutch Shell provides that, as far as the
legislation allows this, we: (i)&nbsp;can indemnify any director of the company against any liability;
and (ii)&nbsp;can purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for any director of the company.
As our articles of association do not prohibit the indemnification of officers of the company
against liability, we may purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for any of our
officers.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have entered into a deed of indemnity with each of the Royal Dutch Shell directors. The
terms of each of these deeds is identical and reflects the new statutory provisions on indemnities
introduced by the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004. Under the
terms of each deed, Royal Dutch Shell undertakes to indemnify the relevant Royal Dutch Shell
director, to the widest extent permitted by law, against any and all liability, howsoever caused
(including by that director&#146;s own negligence), suffered or incurred by that director in the course
of that director acting as a director or employee of Royal Dutch Shell, any member of the Royal
Dutch/Shell Group of Companies or certain other entities. It is a term of each indemnity that Royal
Dutch Shell and the relevant director agree to be bound by the provisions in the Royal Dutch Shell
Articles relating to arbitration and exclusive jurisdiction.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The relevant provisions of the Companies Act are sections 309A&#151;C, 337A and 727.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;309A &#151; C state that any provision to exempt to any extent a director from liability
for negligence, default, breach of duty or trust by him in relation to the company is void. Any
provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of the company or an associated company against any such liability is also void unless it
is a qualifying third party indemnity provision. We are still permitted to purchase insurance
against any such liability for a director of the company or an associated company.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An indemnity is a qualifying third party indemnity as long as it does not provide: (i)&nbsp;any
indemnity against any liability incurred by the director to the company or to any associated
company; (ii)&nbsp;any indemnity against any liability incurred by the director to pay a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings or a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of
non-compliance with any
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">requirement of a regulatory nature; and (iii)&nbsp;any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, civil proceedings brought
by the company or an associated company in which judgment is given against him or where the court
refuses to grant him relief under an application under sections 144(3) and (4) (acquisition of
shares by innocent nominee) or its power under section 727 (described below). Any qualifying third
party indemnity in force for the benefit of one or more directors of the company must be disclosed
in the directors&#146; annual report.




<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;337A provides that a company can provide a director with funds to meet
expenditures incurred or to be incurred by him in defending any criminal or civil
proceedings or in connection with any application under sections 144(3) and (4) (acquisition
of shares by innocent nominee) or section 727 (described below). Such financial assistance
must be repaid if the director is convicted, judgment is found against him or the court
refuses to grant the relief on the application.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;727 provides that:


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    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&#147;(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach
of trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as
auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it appears to the court
hearing the case that that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted
honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances of the
case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused
for the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may
relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms at it thinks
fit.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the court
for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to relieve him as
under this section it would have had if it had been a court before which
proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach
of trust had been brought.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Where a case to which subsection (1)&nbsp;applies is being tried by a judge
with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that
the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved
either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him,
withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment
to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise
as the judge may think proper.&#146;&#146;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following provisions would only apply in circumstances where the arbitration provisions of our
articles of association would be invalid or inapplicable. While English law permits a shareholder
to initiate a lawsuit on behalf of the company only in limited circumstances, the Companies Act
permits a shareholder whose name is on the register of shareholders of the company to apply for a
court order:



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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>when the company&#146;s affairs are being or have been
conducted in a manner unfairly prejudicial to the interests of all or some
shareholders, including the shareholder making the claim; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>when any act or omission of the company is or would be
so prejudicial.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">A court has wide discretion in granting relief, and may authorize civil proceedings to be brought
in the name of the company by a shareholder on terms that the court directs. Except in these
limited circumstances, English law does not generally permit class action lawsuits by shareholders
on behalf of the company or on behalf of other shareholders.



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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 7.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Not Applicable.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 8.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>EXHIBITS.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">EXHIBIT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">NUMBER</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Memorandum of Association of Royal Dutch Shell (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;3.1 of the Registration
Statement of Royal Dutch Shell on Form&nbsp;F-4, Registration No.
333-125037 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Articles of Association of Royal Dutch Shell (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Deposit Agreement among Royal Dutch Shell, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., and Owners and Beneficial Owners of Class&nbsp;A
American Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 of the Report on Form&nbsp;6-K of Royal Dutch Shell,
as furnished to the SEC on July&nbsp;20, 2005 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;6-K&#148;).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Form of Class&nbsp;A American Depositary Receipts representing
Royal Dutch Shell Class&nbsp;A American Depositary Shares each
evidencing the right to receive two Class&nbsp;A Shares of Royal
Dutch Shell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 of
the Form&nbsp;6-K).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Deposit Agreement among Royal Dutch Shell, The Bank of New
York, and Owners and Beneficial Owners of Class&nbsp;B American
Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.4 of the Form&nbsp;6-K).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Form of Class&nbsp;B American Depositary Receipts representing
Royal Dutch Shell Class&nbsp;B American Depositary Shares each
evidencing the right to receive two Class&nbsp;B Shares of Royal
Dutch Shell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.5 of
the Form&nbsp;6-K).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>4.7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund Plan Instrument and Trust
Agreement, as amended.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>4.8</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Shell Provident Fund Regulations and Trust Agreement, as
amended.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">EXHIBIT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">NUMBER</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Opinion of Slaughter and May as to the legality of the Class
A Shares and Class&nbsp;B Shares.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>5.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Determination Letter dated April&nbsp;7, 2003, of Internal
Revenue Service as to Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>5.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Determination Letter dated April&nbsp;7, 2003, of Internal
Revenue Service as to Shell Provident Fund.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Consent of KPMG
Accountants N.V. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>23.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Consent of Slaughter and May (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="bottom" align="left">Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant will submit any amendment to the Shell Pay Deferral Investment
Fund and the Shell Provident Fund to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a
timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to continue the
qualification of the Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund and the Shell Provident
Fund under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ITEM 9.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>UNDERTAKINGS.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed herewith.</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in The Hague, on July&nbsp;20, 2005.


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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC,<BR>
<BR>
By<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Peter Voser
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Peter Voser&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial
Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Peter Voser, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with
full powers of substitution to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all
capacities, including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all respective
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Aad Jacobs</DIV>
Aad Jacobs</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
</DIV>
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Deputy Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jeroen van der Veer
</DIV>
Jeroen van der Veer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Peter Voser
</DIV>
Peter Voser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer;<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Malcolm Brinded
</DIV>
Malcolm Brinded</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Director, Exploration
and Production
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Linda Cook
</DIV>
Linda Cook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Director, Gas &#038; Power
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Rob Routs
</DIV>
Rob Routs</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Director, Oil Products
and Chemicals
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Maarten van den Bergh
</DIV>
Maarten van den Bergh</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sir Peter Burt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Mary (Nina) Henderson
</DIV>
Mary (Nina) Henderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Sir Peter Job
</DIV>
Sir Peter Job</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Wim Kok
</DIV>
Wim Kok</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon
</DIV>
Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Christine Morin-Postel
</DIV>
Christine Morin-Postel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
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Lawrence Ricciardi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly
authorized representative in the United States of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has signed this
Registration Statement or amendment thereto in Delaware on July&nbsp;20, 2005.


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<BR>
by<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Donald J. Puglisi
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Donald J. Puglisi&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Managing Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the Shell Savings Plans) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
behalf of the Shell Savings Plans by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Houston, State of Texas, on July&nbsp;20, 2005.


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<BR>
by<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Pervis Thomas, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Pervis Thomas, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Plan Administrator&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Pervis Thomas, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Plan Administrator&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
JULY 20, 2005
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
England And Wales
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
N.A.
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No. )
Carel Van Bylandtlaan 30
2596 HR The Hague
The Netherlands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)
GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (US)
GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (US — SOLAR)
ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL SOLAR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC.
SHELL OIL COMPANY KEY STAFF ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN
SHELL OIL COMPANY SENIOR STAFF ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN
ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL COMPANIES IN THE U.S.
SENIOR EXECUTIVE GROUP ROYAL DUTCH STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL
COMPANIES IN THE U.S.
SHELL PAY DEFERRAL INVESTMENT FUND
SHELL PROVIDENT FUND
SHELL PETROLEUM N.V. STOCK OPTION PLAN (1967)
THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED STOCK OPTION PLAN (1967)
SHELL PETROLEUM N.V. STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES
THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN),
RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN AND DEFERRED SHARE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
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SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
THE SHELL SAVINGS PLANS
EX-4.7: SHELL PAY DEFERRAL INVESTMENT FUND PLAN INSTRUMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT
EX-4.8: SHELL PROVIDENT FUND REGULATIONS AND TRUST AGREEMENT
EX-5.1: OPINION OF SLAUGHTER AND MAY
EX-5.2: DETERMINATION LETTER
EX-5.3: DETERMINATION LETTER
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF KPMG ACCOUNTANTS N.V. AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-23.2: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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2
CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
111 Eighth Avenue, 13
th
Floor
New York, New York 10011
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(212) 894-8400
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
CityPoint
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HR
Attention: William P. Rogers, Jr.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered (1)
registered (2)
share
price
registration fee
Class A Ordinary
Shares, nominal
value
€
0.07 per
share
114,258,000
(3)
$
(4
)
$
3,294,792,862
(4)
$
387,797.12
(5)
Class B Ordinary
Shares, nominal
value
€
0.07 per
share
4,104,328
(3)
$
(4
)
$
82,625,731
(4)
$
9,725.05
(5)
(1)
Class A ADRs issuable upon deposit of the Class A ordinary shares registered hereby have been
registered under a Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No.: 333-125035.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also
cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plans as
a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.
(3)
The Royal Dutch Shell (as defined in Part II, Item 3) ordinary shares being registered hereby
include:
(a)
7,600,000 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Global
Employee Share Purchase Plan (US) ("Plan A");
(b)
400,000 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Global Employee
Share Purchase Plan (US — Solar) ("Plan B");
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(c)
27,040 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Royal Dutch
Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Solar Employment Services Inc. ("Plan C");
(d)
2,123,060 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Oil
Company Key Staff Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan ("Plan D");
(e)
3,105,380 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Oil
Company Senior Staff Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan ("Plan E");
(f)
31,975,900 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Royal
Dutch Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Companies in the U.S. ("Plan F");
(g)
8,826,620 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Senior
Executive Group Royal Dutch Stock Option Plan for Employees of Shell Companies in
the U.S. ("Plan G");
(h)
32,800,000 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell Pay
Deferral Investment Fund ("Plan H");
(i)
7,200,000 Class A ordinary shares to be offered under the Shell
Provident Fund ("Plan I");
(j)
2,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,005,665 Class B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Shell Petroleum N.V. Stock Option Plan (1967) ("Plan J");
(k)
180,000 Class A ordinary shares and 430,999 Class B ordinary shares to
be offered under The Shell Petroleum Company Limited Stock Option Plan (1967)
("Plan K");
(l)
3,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,436,665 Class B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Shell Petroleum N.V. Stock Option Plan for Employees ("Plan
L");
(m)
320,000 Class A ordinary shares and 430,999 Class B ordinary shares to
be offered under The Shell Petroleum Company Limited Stock Option Plan for
Employees ("Plan M");
(n)
14,700,000 Class A ordinary shares and 800,000 Class B ordinary shares
to be offered under the Royal Dutch Shell plc Long Term Incentive Plan (Performance
Share Plan), Restricted Share Plan and Deferred Share Plan.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Shell Pay
Deferral Investment Fund and the Shell Provident Fund described herein.
(4)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for
the purpose of computing the registration fee and based upon the total of (a)
$1,314,466,658, representing the aggregate exercise price of the options to purchase
23,029,000 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch (as defined in Part II, Item 3) in New York
registry form and 2,750,000 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch in Hague registry form outstanding
as of July 15, 2005, and the options to purchase 11,500,000 ordinary shares of Shell
Transport (as defined in Part II, Item 3) outstanding as of
July 15, 2005, that will become
options to purchase a total of 54,862,330 ordinary shares of Royal Dutch Shell upon
consummation of the Scheme of Arrangement and (b) $2,062,951,935 with respect to the balance
of the ordinary shares of Royal Dutch Shell registered hereby, based upon the average of the
high and low prices of Royal Dutch ordinary shares and Shell Transport ADRs, as applicable, on
July 15, 2005. The prices of Royal Dutch ordinary shares in New York registry form and Shell
Transport ADRs, as applicable, have been used for these purposes because pursuant to the Offer
and the Scheme of Arrangement each such ordinary share of Royal Dutch and each ADR of Shell
Transport is being converted into ordinary shares or ADRs of Royal Dutch Shell, based upon the
exchange ratio of 2 Royal Dutch Shell
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Class A ordinary shares (to be represented by 1 Royal Dutch Shell Class A ADR) for each
Royal Dutch ordinary share in New York registry form and 0.861999198 of a Royal Dutch Shell
Class B ordinary share for each Shell Transport ADR.
(5)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, Royal Dutch Shell hereby offsets
the registration fee required in connection with this Registration
Statement by $299,151.81
previously paid by Royal Dutch and Shell Transport in connection with the registration of
their ordinary shares on Form S-8 as described in the chart below. Accordingly, the filing fee
paid herewith is $98,370.36.
Set forth below is a chart showing the credits against fees otherwise payable pursuant to Rule
457(p):
Fee Credit on New
Shares
S-8 Pursuant to
Plan
File No. 333-
Date of Filing
Fee Paid
Registered
*
Unused Shares
*
Rule 457(p)
Plans A, B & C
102183
12/23/02
$
15,643.60
4,000,000 RD
2,191,000 RD
$
8,568.78
Plans D, E, F & G
13384
4/18/01
$
284,900.00
20,000,000 RD
16,295,000 RD
$
232,122.28
Plans H & I
97935
8/12/02
$
96,565.50
25,000,000 RD
15,135,000 RD
$
58,460.75
Plans J, K, L & M
7590
6/28/01
**
1,497,600 RD
9,978,200 ST
**
—
**
*
"RD" represents Royal Dutch
ordinary shares and "ST" represents Shell Transport ordinary
shares.
**
No fee paid; fee brought forward by
post-effective amendment to S-8 filed 9/12/97. Therefore, no fee credit under
Rule 457(p).
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") by Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Royal Dutch Shell"), Royal Dutch Petroleum
Company (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) ("Royal Dutch"), The "Shell"
Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. ("Shell Transport") and by the plans specified in (6) and (7)
below (the "Shell Savings Plans") are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(1) the Annual Report on Form 20-F/A (Amendment No. 1) of Royal Dutch and Shell
Transport for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on May 4, 2005;
(2) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport, as furnished to the SEC
on May 9, 2005 (containing the First Quarter 2005 Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial
Reports of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, Royal Dutch and Shell Transport);
(3) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch, as furnished to the SEC on May 31, 2005
(furnishing the Notice of Meeting 2005) and July 5, 2005 (furnishing the report of the 2005
Annual General Meeting);
(4) the Reports on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch Shell, as furnished to the SEC on July 20,
2005 (containing the Audited Financial Statements of Royal Dutch Shell as of and for the
years ending December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004) and July 20, 2005 (containing the description
of the Royal Dutch Shell capital stock);
(5) the Registration Statement of Royal Dutch Shell on Form F-4 (Registration No.
333-125037) as filed with the SEC on May 19, 2005;
(6) the Annual Report of Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund on Form 11-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on July 5, 2005; and
(7) the Annual Report of Shell Provident Fund on Form 11-K for the year ended December
31, 2004, as filed the SEC on July 5, 2005.
The following documents subsequently filed or furnished by Royal Dutch Shell with or to the
SEC after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
•
reports filed under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
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•
reports furnished on Form 6-K that indicate that they are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article 151 of the articles of association of Royal Dutch Shell provides that, as far as the
legislation allows this, we: (i) can indemnify any director of the company against any liability;
and (ii) can purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for any director of the company.
As our articles of association do not prohibit the indemnification of officers of the company
against liability, we may purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for any of our
officers.
We have entered into a deed of indemnity with each of the Royal Dutch Shell directors. The
terms of each of these deeds is identical and reflects the new statutory provisions on indemnities
introduced by the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004. Under the
terms of each deed, Royal Dutch Shell undertakes to indemnify the relevant Royal Dutch Shell
director, to the widest extent permitted by law, against any and all liability, howsoever caused
(including by that director's own negligence), suffered or incurred by that director in the course
of that director acting as a director or employee of Royal Dutch Shell, any member of the Royal
Dutch/Shell Group of Companies or certain other entities. It is a term of each indemnity that Royal
Dutch Shell and the relevant director agree to be bound by the provisions in the Royal Dutch Shell
Articles relating to arbitration and exclusive jurisdiction.
The relevant provisions of the Companies Act are sections 309A—C, 337A and 727.
Sections 309A — C state that any provision to exempt to any extent a director from liability
for negligence, default, breach of duty or trust by him in relation to the company is void. Any
provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of the company or an associated company against any such liability is also void unless it
is a qualifying third party indemnity provision. We are still permitted to purchase insurance
against any such liability for a director of the company or an associated company.
An indemnity is a qualifying third party indemnity as long as it does not provide: (i) any
indemnity against any liability incurred by the director to the company or to any associated
company; (ii) any indemnity against any liability incurred by the director to pay a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings or a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of
non-compliance with any
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requirement of a regulatory nature; and (iii) any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, civil proceedings brought
by the company or an associated company in which judgment is given against him or where the court
refuses to grant him relief under an application under sections 144(3) and (4) (acquisition of
shares by innocent nominee) or its power under section 727 (described below). Any qualifying third
party indemnity in force for the benefit of one or more directors of the company must be disclosed
in the directors' annual report.
Section 337A provides that a company can provide a director with funds to meet
expenditures incurred or to be incurred by him in defending any criminal or civil
proceedings or in connection with any application under sections 144(3) and (4) (acquisition
of shares by innocent nominee) or section 727 (described below). Such financial assistance
must be repaid if the director is convicted, judgment is found against him or the court
refuses to grant the relief on the application.
Section 727 provides that:
"(1)
If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach
of trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as
auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it appears to the court
hearing the case that that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted
honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances of the
case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused
for the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may
relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms at it thinks
fit.
(2)
If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the court
for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to relieve him as
under this section it would have had if it had been a court before which
proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach
of trust had been brought.
(3)
Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge
with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that
the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved
either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him,
withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment
to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise
as the judge may think proper.''
The following provisions would only apply in circumstances where the arbitration provisions of our
articles of association would be invalid or inapplicable. While English law permits a shareholder
to initiate a lawsuit on behalf of the company only in limited circumstances, the Companies Act
permits a shareholder whose name is on the register of shareholders of the company to apply for a
court order:
(i)
when the company's affairs are being or have been
conducted in a manner unfairly prejudicial to the interests of all or some
shareholders, including the shareholder making the claim; or
(ii)
when any act or omission of the company is or would be
so prejudicial.
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A court has wide discretion in granting relief, and may authorize civil proceedings to be brought
in the name of the company by a shareholder on terms that the court directs. Except in these
limited circumstances, English law does not generally permit class action lawsuits by shareholders
on behalf of the company or on behalf of other shareholders.
ITEM 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS.
(a)
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
4.1
Memorandum of Association of Royal Dutch Shell (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 of the Registration
Statement of Royal Dutch Shell on Form F-4, Registration No.
333-125037 (the "Registration Statement")).
4.2
Articles of Association of Royal Dutch Shell (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registration Statement).
4.3
Deposit Agreement among Royal Dutch Shell, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., and Owners and Beneficial Owners of Class A
American Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.2 of the Report on Form 6-K of Royal Dutch Shell,
as furnished to the SEC on July 20, 2005 (the "Form 6-K").
4.4
Form of Class A American Depositary Receipts representing
Royal Dutch Shell Class A American Depositary Shares each
evidencing the right to receive two Class A Shares of Royal
Dutch Shell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of
the Form 6-K).
4.5
Deposit Agreement among Royal Dutch Shell, The Bank of New
York, and Owners and Beneficial Owners of Class B American
Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.4 of the Form 6-K).
4.6
Form of Class B American Depositary Receipts representing
Royal Dutch Shell Class B American Depositary Shares each
evidencing the right to receive two Class B Shares of Royal
Dutch Shell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 of
the Form 6-K).
*
4.7
Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund Plan Instrument and Trust
Agreement, as amended.
*
4.8
Shell Provident Fund Regulations and Trust Agreement, as
amended.
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
*
5.1
Opinion of Slaughter and May as to the legality of the Class
A Shares and Class B Shares.
*
5.2
Determination Letter dated April 7, 2003, of Internal
Revenue Service as to Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund.
*
5.3
Determination Letter dated April 7, 2003, of Internal
Revenue Service as to Shell Provident Fund.
*
23.1
Consent of KPMG
Accountants N.V. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
*
23.2
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
*
23.3
Consent of Slaughter and May (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
*
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages).
(b)
The Registrant will submit any amendment to the Shell Pay Deferral Investment
Fund and the Shell Provident Fund to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a
timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to continue the
qualification of the Shell Pay Deferral Investment Fund and the Shell Provident
Fund under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
ITEM 9.
UNDERTAKINGS.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering
*
Filed herewith.
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price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in The Hague, on July 20, 2005.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC,
By
/s/ Peter Voser
Name:
Peter Voser
Title:
Chief Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Peter Voser, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with
full powers of substitution to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all
capacities, including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all respective
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Aad Jacobs
Aad Jacobs
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 20, 2005
/s/ Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Deputy Chairman of the Board
July 20, 2005
/s/ Jeroen van der Veer
Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive
July 20, 2005
/s/ Peter Voser
Peter Voser
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer;
Principal Accounting Officer)
July 20, 2005
/s/ Malcolm Brinded
Malcolm Brinded
Executive Director, Exploration
and Production
July 20, 2005
/s/ Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Executive Director, Gas & Power
July 20, 2005
/s/ Rob Routs
Rob Routs
Executive Director, Oil Products
and Chemicals
July 20, 2005
/s/ Maarten van den Bergh
Maarten van den Bergh
Director
July 20, 2005
Sir Peter Burt
Director
/s/ Mary (Nina) Henderson
Mary (Nina) Henderson
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Sir Peter Job
Sir Peter Job
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Wim Kok
Wim Kok
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon
Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Christine Morin-Postel
Christine Morin-Postel
Director
July 20, 2005
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Name
Title
Date
/s/ Lawrence Ricciardi
Lawrence Ricciardi
Director
July 20, 2005
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly
authorized representative in the United States of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has signed this
Registration Statement or amendment thereto in Delaware on July 20, 2005.
PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
by
/s/  Donald J. Puglisi
Name:
Donald J. Puglisi
Title:
Managing Director
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THE SHELL SAVINGS PLANS
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the Shell Savings Plans) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
behalf of the Shell Savings Plans by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Houston, State of Texas, on July 20, 2005.
SHELL PAY DEFERRAL INVESTMENT FUND
by
/s/ Pervis Thomas, Jr.
Name:
Pervis Thomas, Jr.
Title:
Plan Administrator
SHELL PROVIDENT FUND
by
/s/ Pervis Thomas, Jr.
Name:
Pervis Thomas, Jr.
Title:
Plan Administrator