Thursday, Oct 29, 2009

At 07.00 GMT (08.00 CET and 03.00 EDT) on Thursday 29 October, 2009 Royal Dutch Shell plc released its third quarter results and third quarter interim dividend announcement for 2009.

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser commented:

“Our third quarter results were affected by the weak global economy.

Upstream and Downstream profitability has been sharply reduced compared to year-ago levels. We see some indications that energy demand and pricing are improving, but the outlook remains very uncertain, and we are not expecting a quick recovery.

Despite Shell’s good operating performance in this difficult environment, we have embarked on an ambitious programme of stringent measures to further improve our performance.

We continue to focus on improving our competitive cost position, simplifying Shell, and increasing personal accountabilities. The Transition 2009 programme, which I announced earlier this year, is progressing well, and will be completed by the end of 2009 …” [read the full comment in the Quarterly Results Announcement]

Downloads and webcasts

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Quarterly Results Announcement (results in full)
Supplementary financial and operational disclosure
Key Financial Data in dollars, euros and pounds sterling
Media audio webcast  09:00 GMT (10:00 CET / 05:00 EDT)
Analyst audio webcast 13:30 GMT (14:30 CET / 09:30 EDT)
Webcast presentation slides

Dividend announcementView the 3rd quarter 2009 interim dividend announcement.

Dividend dates announcementView the Royal Dutch Shell plc – 2010 interim dividend timetable

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