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2008 results

REVENUE
$ million
Revenue ($ million) 2008: 458,361 up 29% vs. 2007: 355,782 2006: 318,845 2005: 306,731 2004: 266,386 (bar chart)
 
INCOME FOR THE PERIOD

$ million
Income for the period ($ million) 2008: 26,476 down 17% vs. 2007: 31,926 2006: 26,311 2005: 26,261 2004: 19,257 (bar chart)

 
 
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE

$
Basic earnings per share ($) 2008: 4.27 down 15% vs. 2007: 5.00 2006: 3.97 2005: 3.79 2004: 2.74 (bar chart)

 
TOTAL EQUITY
$ million
Total equity ($ million) 2008: 128,866 up 2.3% vs. 2007: 125,968 2006: 114,945 2005: 97,924 2004: 91,383 (bar chart)
 
NET CASH FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES [A]
$ million
Net cash flow from operating activities ($ million) 2008: 35,983 down 11.5% vs. 2007: 40,667 2006: 35,748 2005: 35,777 2004: 30,599 (bar chart)

[A] Excludes working capital movements.
 
DIVIDENDS PAID TO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SHAREHOLDERS
$ million
Dividends paid to Royal Dutch Shell plc Shareholders ($ million) 2008: 9,516 up 5.7% vs. 2007: 9,001 2006: 8,142 2005: 10,556 2004: 7,391 (bar chart)
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SUMMARY OF RESULTS

$ million

 

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

[A]

Including discontinued operations.

[B]

From 2007 onwards dividends are declared in US dollars. Previous years’ dividends were declared in euros and translated, for comparison purposes, to US dollars (based on the US dollar dividend of American Depositary Receipts converted to ordinary shares in the applicable period).

[C]

Chemicals earnings are on CCS basis as from 2005.

[D]

Identified items are reported from 2005.

[E]

Comprises Royal Dutch interim dividend of €0.75 made payable in September 2004 and a second interim dividend of €1.04 made payable in March 2005 as well as a Shell Transport interim dividend of 6.25 pence and a second interim dividend of 10.7 pence that are used to calculate the equivalent dividend on a Royal Dutch Shell basis.

Income attributable to shareholders [A]

26,277

31,331

25,442

25,311

18,540

Estimated CCS adjustment for Oil Products and Chemicals

5,089

(3,767)

(77)

(2,580)

(945)[C]

CCS earnings

31,366

27,564

25,365

22,731

17,595[C]

Basic earnings per share ($)

4.27

5.00

3.97

3.79

2.74

Estimated CCS adjustment per share ($)

0.82

(0.60)

(0.01)

(0.38)

(0.14)[C]

Basic CCS earnings per share ($)

5.09

4.40

3.96

3.41

2.60[C]

Dividend per ordinary share ($) [B]

1.60

1.44

1.27

1.13

1.07[E]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF RESULTS BY BUSINESS SEGMENT

$ million

 

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Exploration & Production

20,235

14,686

14,544

13,577

9,522

Gas & Power

5,328

2,781

2,633

1,378

1,774

Oil Sands

941

582

651

661

301

Oil Products (CCS basis)

5,155

6,951

7,027

7,532

6,592

Chemicals (CCS basis) [A]

156

1,682

1,095

782

1,148[C]

Corporate [A]

(69)

1,387

294

(328)

(1,085)

Minority interest

(380)

(505)

(879)

(871)

(655)

CCS earnings

31,366

27,564

25,365

22,731

17,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDENTIFIED ITEMS BY BUSINESS SEGMENT

$ million

 

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004[D]

Exploration & Production

1,910

1,102

521

1,662

 

Gas & Power

1,302

275

–

(84)

 

Oil Sands

25

94

120

65

 

Oil Products (CCS basis)

25

327

38

427

 

Chemicals (CCS basis)

(210)

(28)

(113)

(565)

 

Corporate

(96)

489

(206)

(148)

 

Minority interest

–

–

(41)

(82)

 

CCS earnings impact

2,956

2,259

319

1,275

 

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