Shell Transport and Trading Company purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 ordinary shares on 7 February, 2005 at a price of 484.89 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, will be 9,623,900,000.
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company announces that on 7 February, 2005 it purchased 220,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 45.91 euros per share.
The remaining number of ordinary shares outstanding of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company will be 2,074,180,000.
The funds used to purchase these shares were distributable cash reserves held by STT and RD respectively. The buybacks do not affect RD and STT's "60:40" ownership of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (the "Group").
