Royal Dutch Shell plc: Appointment of Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director and Board Committee Changes

LONDON, March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B)announces the following appointment and changes to the membership of the Board Committees:

DEPUTY CHAIR AND SENIOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Gerard Kleisterlee has been appointed Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director with effect from May 23, 2018. Gerard Kleisterlee succeeds Hans Wijers in this role following confirmation from Mr Wijers that, having served as a Director of the Company for nine years, he will not seek reappointment as a Director at the 2018 Annual General Meeting.

As Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director, Gerard Kleisterlee becomes a member of the Nomination and Succession Committee.

CORPORATE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE

Sir Nigel Sheinwald, a Non-executive Director, has been appointed as Chair of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee ("CSRC"), and Linda Stuntz, a Non-executive Director, has been appointed a member of the CSRC. Both appointments are effective from May 23, 2018.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Subject to her appointment by shareholders as a Director of the Company at the 2018 AGM, Ann Godbehere has been appointed a member of the Audit Committee ("AC") with effect from May 23, 2018. Linda Stuntz stands down as a member of the AC on May 22, 2018.

BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Following these changes, the membership of each of the Board Committees is as follows:

   
    COMMITTEE                         MEMBERSHIP


    Audit Committee                   Euleen Goh (Chair)
                                      Ann Godbehere
                                      Roberto Setubal
                                      Gerrit Zalm

    Corporate and Social
    Responsibility Committee          Sir Nigel Sheinwald (Chair)
                                      Catherine Hughes
                                      Linda Stuntz

    Nomination and Succession
    Committee                         Charles Holliday (Chair)
                                      Gerard Kleisterlee
                                      Linda Stuntz

    Remuneration Committee            Gerard Kleisterlee (Chair)
                                      Catherine Hughes
                                      Sir Nigel Sheinwald
                                      Gerrit Zalm

March 15, 2018

Linda M. Szymanski
Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc

LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70

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