2ND QUARTER AND HALF YEAR 2012 UNAUDITED RESULTS
- Royal Dutch Shell's second quarter 2012 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 1), were $6.0 billion compared with $8.0 billion in the same quarter a year ago.
- Second quarter 2012 CCS earnings, excluding identified items (see page 6), were $5.7 billion compared with $6.6 billion in the second quarter 2011, a decrease of 13%. Basic CCS earnings per share excluding identified items decreased by 13% versus the same quarter a year ago.
- Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2012 was $13.3 billion. Cash flow from operating activities excluding movements in working capital was $9.5 billion in the second quarter 2012.
- Net capital investment (see Note 1) for the second quarter 2012 was $6.3 billion. Capital investment for the second quarter 2012 was $8.1 billion and proceeds from divestments were some $1.8 billion.
- Total dividends distributed in the quarter were $2.8 billion, of which some $0.6 billion were settled under the Scrip Dividend Programme. Some 26.5 million shares were bought back for cancellation during the quarter for a consideration of $0.9 billion.
- Gearing at the end of the second quarter 2012 was 8.1%.
- A second quarter 2012 dividend has been announced of $0.43 per ordinary share and $0.86 per American Depository Share (ADS), an increase of 2.4% compared with the second quarter 2011.
