The board of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2013 of $0.45 per A ordinary share and B ordinary share, payable on March 28, 2013, an increase of $0.02 on the equivalent US dollar dividend for the same quarter last year. Ex-dividend date is February 12, 2014. The record date is February 14, 2014.

The board expects that the first quarter of 2014 interim dividend will be $0.47, an increase of 4.4% over the US dollar dividend for the same quarter in the previous year. The first quarter 2013 interim dividend is scheduled to be announced on May 1, 2014.