The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2019 of US$0.47 per A ordinary share (“A Share”) and B ordinary share (“B Share”), equal to the US dollar dividend for the same quarter last year.
Total dividends distributed to shareholders in the quarter were $3.7 billion. Today, Shell launches the next tranche of the share buyback programme, with a maximum aggregate consideration of $1 billion in the period up to and including April 27, 2020. Since the launch of the programme, Shell has bought back almost $15 billion in shares for cancellation.
