SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C.
20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of July 2005
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
Translation of registrant's name into English
30, Carel van Bylandtlaan, The Hague, The Netherlands
(Address of principal executive offices)
N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij
Purchases of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (“RD”) Shares
by Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH
Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH announces that on 29th June 2005 it purchased 4.756 RD ordinary shares (“RD Shares”) at a price of 54,60 Euro per share to be used to satisfy requirements under employee share plans. Such purchases were effected outside the United States.
RD and its affiliates have been granted exemptive relief by the SEC to make purchases of RD Shares outside the offer that Royal Dutch Shell plc has made for all the outstanding RD Shares in connection with the proposed unification of RD, The “Shell”Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. and the Royal Dutch / Shell Group of Companies under Royal Dutch Shell plc. Any such purchases of RD Shares will be made outside the United States. Further, any such purchases will comply with applicable Dutch law and the rules of Euronext Amsterdam and will be subject to price limitations based on the market price of RD Shares on Euronext Amsterdam.
The number of RD Shares in issue will not be affected by these purchases.
The Hague, June 30, 2005
