INFORMATION MEMORANDUM SHELL INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V. (incorporated with limited liability in The Netherlands and having its statutory domicile in The Hague) as Issuer ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (incorporated with limited liability in England) as Issuer and Guarantor U.S.$25,000,000,000 DEBT SECURITIES PROGRAMME _________________________________________________________________________________________ Arranger BNP PARIBAS Dealers ANZ BARCLAYS BNP PARIBAS CIBC CITIGROUP CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB CREDIT SUISSE DEUTSCHE BANK GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL HSBC J.P. MORGAN LLOYDS BANK MITSUBISHI UFJ SECURITIES MORGAN STANLEY RBC CAPITAL MARKETS SANTANDER GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS SMBC NIKKO SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING STANDARD CHARTERED BANK THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND UBS INVESTMENT BANK An investment in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. For information on this see “Risk Factors”. The date of this Information Memorandum is 13 August 2014 Overview of the Programme Shell International Finance B.V. (“Shell Finance”) and Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Royal Dutch Shell”) (each an “Issuer” and, together, the “Issuers”) have established a programme (the “Programme”) to facilitate the issuance of notes and other debt securities (the “Notes”) guaranteed (in the case of Notes issued by Shell Finance) by Royal Dutch Shell (the “Guarantor”). The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding and guaranteed will not at any time exceed U.S.$25,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies). Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority in its capacity as competent authority (the “UK Listing Authority”) for Notes issued under the Programme up to the expiry of 12 months from the date of this Information Memorandum to be admitted to the official list of the UK Listing Authority (the “Official List”) and to the London Stock Exchange plc (the “London Stock Exchange”) for such Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s regulated market. References in this Information Memorandum to Notes being “listed” (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to the Official List and have been admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s regulated market. The London Stock Exchange’s regulated market is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC). However, Notes may be issued pursuant to the Programme on an unlisted basis or may be admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by such other or further listing authorities, stock exchanges and/or quotation systems as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer, the Guarantor (in the case of Notes issued by Shell Finance) and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). The applicable Final Terms and/or applicable Pricing Supplement as the case may be (as defined below) in respect of the issue of any Notes will specify whether or not such Notes will be admitted to listing on the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange (or any other or further listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system, if applicable). The requirement to publish a prospectus under the Prospectus Directive only applies to Notes which are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Area and/or offered to the public in the European Economic Area other than in circumstances where an exemption is available under Article 3.2 of the Prospectus Directive (as implemented in the relevant Member State(s)). References in this Information Memorandum to “Exempt Notes” are to Notes (including Swiss Franc Domestic Notes as defined below) for which no prospectus is required to be published under the Prospectus Directive. The UK Listing Authority has neither reviewed nor approved any information in this Information Memorandum pertaining to Exempt Notes and the UK Listing Authority assumes no responsibility in relation to issues of Exempt Notes. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche (as defined under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes") of Notes (other than in the case of Exempt Notes, as defined above) will be set out in a final terms document (the “Final Terms”) which will be delivered to the UK Listing Authority and, where listed on such exchange, the London Stock Exchange. Copies of each Final Terms relating to the Notes will be available from the registered office of the relevant Issuer and from the specified office set out below of each of the Paying Agents (as defined below). In addition, Final Terms relating to Notes which are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s regulated market will also be available for inspection on the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-home.html. In the case of Exempt Notes, notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche will be set out in a pricing supplement document (the “Pricing Supplement”). Royal Dutch Shell has been rated Aa1 by Moody’s Investors Service Ltd (“Moody’s”) and AA by Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (“S&P”). For the purposes of the credit ratings included and referred to in this Information Memorandum, both Moody's and S&P are established in the European Union and are registered under the Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the “CRA Regulation”). As such, each of Moody's and S&P is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) on its website (at http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation. Notes issued pursuant to the Programme may be rated or unrated. The rating of certain Series of Notes to be issued under the Programme may be specified in the applicable Final Terms (or Pricing Supplement, in the case of Exempt Notes). Where an issue of Notes is rated, its rating will not necessarily be the same as the rating applicable to the Programme, the relevant Issuer or (if applicable) the Guarantor. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to 2 suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Please also refer to “Ratings of the Notes” in the “Risk Factors” section of this Information Memorandum. This Information Memorandum comprises a base prospectus in respect of all Notes other than Exempt Notes issued under the Programme for the purposes of Article 5.4 of Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (which includes the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State of the European Economic Area) (the “Prospectus Directive”).The information contained in this Information Memorandum applies to all Notes (other than Exempt Notes) issued after the date of this Information Memorandum. Each Tranche (as defined below) of Notes will be in bearer form and will be represented upon issue by either a temporary global note (each a “Temporary Global Note”) or, if so specified in the applicable Final Terms, a permanent global note (each a “Permanent Global Note” and, together with a Temporary Global Note, the “Global Notes” and each a “Global Note”). In each case, the Temporary Global Note or the Permanent Global Note, as the case may be, will be deposited (a) in the case of a Tranche intended to be cleared through Euroclear (as defined below) and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg (as defined below), on or prior to the issue date with a common safekeeper (if the Global Note(s) are intended to be issued in new global note (“NGN”) form, as stated in the applicable Final Terms), or a common depositary (if the Global Note(s) are not intended to be issued in NGN form), in each case on behalf of Euroclear Bank SA/NV (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream, Luxembourg”) and (b) in the case of a Tranche intended to be cleared through a clearing system other than or in addition to Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or delivered outside a clearing system, as agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer. Interests in a Temporary Global Note will only be exchangeable for interests in a Permanent Global Note or, if so stated in the relevant Final Terms (and subject to such notice period as is specified in the relevant Final Terms), for Notes in definitive form (“Definitive Notes”) on and after the first business day (the “Exchange Date”, which date shall be determined by the Agent (as defined herein)) following the expiry of 40 days after the later of (i) the issue date of the Notes of the relevant Tranche and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the Notes of such Tranche, upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership. Swiss Franc Domestic Notes (as defined below) will be represented upon issue by a Permanent Global Note and are subject to an exemption from the certification requirements under U.S. Treasury regulations. “Swiss Franc Domestic Notes” means an issue of Notes denominated in Swiss Francs or carrying a Swiss Franc-related element that is cleared through SIX SIS Ltd, the Swiss Securities Services Corporation in Olten, Switzerland, or any successor thereto (“SIS”). Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg will be notified in respect of each Note to be issued in NGN form whether or not is it intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility.