ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC 3RD QUARTER 2011 UNAUDITED RESULTS
- Royal Dutch Shell's third quarter 2011 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 1), were $7.2 billion compared with $3.5 billion the same quarter a year ago. Basic CCS earnings per share increased by 104% versus the third quarter of 2010.
- Third quarter 2011 CCS earnings, excluding identified items (see page 5), were $7.0 billion compared with $4.9 billion in the third quarter 2010, an increase of 42%. Basic CCS earnings per share excluding identified items increased by 40% versus the same quarter a year ago.
- Cash flow from operating activities for the third quarter 2011 was $11.6 billion. Excluding net working capital movements, cash flow from operating activities in the third quarter 2011 was $10.6 billion, compared with $8.1 billion in the same quarter last year.
- Net capital investment (see Note 1) for the quarter was $6.1 billion. Total dividends distributed in the quarter were $2.6 billion of which $0.7 billion were settled under the Scrip Dividend Programme. Some 25.3 million shares, equivalent to $0.8 billion, were bought back for cancellation during the quarter under our share buyback programme.
- Gearing at the end of the third quarter 2011 was 10.8%.
- A third quarter 2011 dividend has been announced of $0.42 per ordinary share and $0.84 per American Depositary Share (ADS), unchanged from the US dollar dividend per share and per ADS for the same period in 2010.
