Policy Our policy is to grow the US dollar dividend through time in line with our view of Shell’s underlying earnings and cash flow. When setting the dividend, the Board of Directors looks at a range of factors, including the macroeconomic environment, the current balance sheet and future [...]
[...] Priorities for cash 1 Debt reduction 2 Dividends 3 Buybacks & capital investment Continue to reduce gearing to 20% Cancel scrip dividend Buy back shares Progress towards a world-class investment case Increase shareholder distributions Our priorities for cash flow are reducing debt and paying [...]
[...] (4,225) (3,545) (3,527) (6,116) (7,275) Dividends received from joint ventures and associates 4,998 3,820 4,627 6,902 7,117 Deferred tax, retirement benefits, decommissioning and other provisions (3,918) (823) (5,827) (1,720) (2,701) Other 286 (1,226) 2,648 2,500 2,937 Tax paid (6,307) (4,434) [...]
[...] trades in 2014, resulting in the same ex-dividend date for RDS A and B shares, and RDS A and B ADSs. Record dates will not change. A different currency election date may apply to shareholders holding shares in a securities account with a bank or financial institution ultimately through Euroclear [...]
CCS earnings $15.8 billion excluding identified items Cash flow from operating activities $35.7 billion at an average $54/b Brent oil price Total dividends distributed $15.6 billion of which $4.8 were settled under the Scrip Dividend Programme Free cash flow $27.6 billion Divestments $22 billion [...]
[...] 35,650 20,615 29,810 45,044 40,440 Dividend per share ($) 1.88 1.88 1.88 1.88 1.80 Dividend per ADS ($) 3.76 3.76 3.76 3.76 3.60 CCS earnings $ billion Cash flow from operating activities $ billion ROACE 2017 % European companies: CCS basis excluding identified items. US companies: reported [...]
[...] No assurance is provided that future dividend payments will match or exceed previous dividend payments. All forward-looking statements contained in this report are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place [...]
[...] by 2020 Cash engines (FCF >0) Funds dividends and balance sheet Competitive and resilient Strong free cash flow and returns Growth priorities (FCF ~0) Emerging cash engines Affordable growth in advantaged positions FCF and ROACE pathway Emerging opportunities (FCF <0) Significant future [...]
[...] and executes the Royal Dutch Shell dividend, scrip and share-buyback programmes. Risk and insurance We use robust methodologies and processes to assess, mitigate and manage risk in order to drive down our total cost. This includes the valuation of risk so that it can be properly taken into account [...]
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