Slaughter
Slaughter
and
May
advised
Royal
Dutch
Shell
plc
on
the
issue
by
its
subsidiary,
Shell
International
Finance
B.V.,
of
US$1,500,000,000
1.300
per
cent.
Guaranteed
Notes
due
2011,
US$1,000,000,000
3.250
per
cent.
Guaranteed
Notes
due
2015,
US$2,000,000,000
4.300
per
cent.
Guaranteed
Notes
due
2019
and
US$500,000,000
Floating
Rate
Guaranteed
Notes
due
2011
(together,
the
"Notes")
under
its
US
Shelf
Registration.
The
Notes
were
issued
on
22
September
2009
and
are
unconditionally
guaranteed
by
Royal
Dutch
Shell
plc.
The
Notes
have
been
rated
AA
by
Standard
&
Poor’s
and
Aa1
by
Moody’s.
Matthew
Tobin
(partner),
Daniel
Benn
(associate)
