Nature of trading market

On January 29, 2022, the Company established one single line of ordinary shares, each having a nominal value of €0.07. All shares are listed and able to trade at Euronext Amsterdam and the London Stock Exchange. Furthermore, all shares are transferable between these two markets. This makes both these exchanges primary exchanges for the ordinary shares.

Ordinary shares are traded in registered form.

The Company’s American Depositary Shares (ADSs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange [A]. A depositary receipt is a certificate that evidences ADSs. Depositary receipts are issued, cancelled and exchanged at the office of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, USA, as depositary (the Depositary), under Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 thereto (Deposit Agreement) between the Company, the Depositary and the holders of ADSs. Each ADS is equivalent to two ordinary shares of Shell plc deposited under the Deposit Agreement. All ordinary shares are capable of being deposited with the Depository in exchange for the corresponding amount of ADSs which may be traded at the New York Stock Exchange. This makes the New York Stock Exchange the primary exchange for the Company’s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). More information relating to ADSs is given in Holding shares and ADSs.

[A] At February 19, 2024, 552,715,284 ADSs were outstanding, representing 17.07% of the ordinary share capital, held by holders of record with an address in the USA. In addition to holders of ADSs, at February 19, 2024, 888,197 ordinary shares of €0.07 each were outstanding, representing 0.0137% of the ordinary share capital, held by 2,993 holders of record registered with an address in the USA.