VIDEO: Shell CEO Comments on 4Q 2012 Results

January 31, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell plc today released its fourth quarter and full year results and fourth quarter interim dividend announcement for 2012.

Royal Dutch Shell’s fourth quarter 2012 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis , were $7.3 billion compared with $6.5 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Full year 2012 CCS earnings were $27.0 billion compared with $28.6 billion in 2011.

A fourth quarter 2012 dividend has been announced of $0.43 per ordinary share and $0.86 per American Depositary Share (ADS), an increase of 2.4% compared with the fourth quarter 2011.

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser commented:

“With the first year of our 2012-2015 growth targets completed, Shell is on track for plans we set out in early 2012, despite headwinds last year.

“Shell is competitive and innovative. We are delivering a strategy that others can’t easily repeat, with unique skills in technology and integration and a worldwide set of opportunities for new investment.”