Shell to provide an additional opportunity for shareholder engagement ahead of its Annual General Meeting
24 Avril 2020 - 10:01AM
Shell to provide an additional opportunity for shareholder
engagement ahead of its Annual General Meeting
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) will host a live
audio webcast for shareholders on Wednesday May 13, 2020 at 12:00
BST / 13:00 CEST. This event is scheduled ahead of the deadline of
May 15, 2020 for proxy voting for Shell’s Annual General Meeting
(“AGM”), being held on Tuesday May 19, 2020.
This additional engagement opportunity has been scheduled based
on feedback from investors and other stakeholder groups.
The webcast will prioritise answering questions that are
submitted by shareholders ahead of the webcast via our website no
later than 08:00 BST / 09:00 CEST on Monday, May 11, 2020.
Questions will also be taken in writing and answered on the webcast
as time allows.
We will endeavour to respond to questions not covered on the
webcast via our website. Questions may be summarised or
thematically grouped and responded to. More information can be
found on www.shell.com/agm.
For information on how to register for this event please go to
www.shell.com/agm. A transcript of the webcast will be posted on
the same webpage, after the event, for those unable to join.
As announced on April 16, 2020, in response to the evolving
COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated UK and Dutch government
restrictions, Shell’s AGM itself will solely focus on the business
of the meeting with no physical attendance, live voting or Question
& Answer session. A transcript of the meeting will be posted on
www.shell.com/agm.Cautionary Note
The companies in which Royal Dutch Shell plc
directly and indirectly owns investments are separate legal
entities. In this announcement “Shell”, “Shell Group” and “Royal
Dutch Shell” are sometimes used for convenience where references
are made to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general.
Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refer to
Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general or to those
who work for them. These terms are also used where no useful
purpose is served by identifying the particular entity or entities.
‘‘Subsidiaries’’, “Shell subsidiaries” and “Shell companies” as
used in this announcement refer to entities over which Royal Dutch
Shell plc either directly or indirectly has control. Entities and
unincorporated arrangements over which Shell has joint control are
generally referred to as “joint ventures” and “joint operations”,
respectively. Entities over which Shell has significant
influence but neither control nor joint control are referred to as
“associates”. The term “Shell interest” is used for convenience to
indicate the direct and/or indirect ownership interest held by
Shell in an entity or unincorporated joint arrangement, after
exclusion of all third-party interest.This announcement contains
forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) concerning the financial
condition, results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch
Shell. All statements other than statements of historical fact are,
or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are statements of future expectations that are based on
management’s current expectations and assumptions and involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results, performance or events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking
statements include, among other things, statements concerning the
potential exposure of Royal Dutch Shell to market risks and
statements expressing management’s expectations, beliefs,
estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. These
forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and
phrases such as “aim”, “ambition”, ‘‘anticipate’’, ‘‘believe’’,
‘‘could’’, ‘‘estimate’’, ‘‘expect’’, ‘‘goals’’, ‘‘intend’’,
‘‘may’’, ‘‘objectives’’, ‘‘outlook’’, ‘‘plan’’, ‘‘probably’’,
‘‘project’’, ‘‘risks’’, “schedule”, ‘‘seek’’, ‘‘should’’,
‘‘target’’, ‘‘will’’ and similar terms and phrases. There are a
number of factors that could affect the future operations of Royal
Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this
announcement, including (without limitation): (a) price
fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand
for Shell’s products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and
production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market
share and industry competition; (g) environmental and physical
risks; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable
potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful
negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of
doing business in developing countries and countries subject to
international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory
developments including regulatory measures addressing climate
change; (k) economic and financial market conditions in various
countries and regions; (l) political risks, including the risks of
expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of contracts with
governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of
projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; (m)
risks associated with the impact of pandemics, such as the COVID-19
(coronavirus) outbreak; and (n) changes in trading conditions. No
assurance is provided that future dividend payments will match or
exceed previous dividend payments. All forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement are expressly qualified in their
entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in
this section. Readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. Additional risk factors that may affect
future results are contained in Royal Dutch Shell’s Form 20-F for
the year ended December 31, 2019 (available at
www.shell.com/investor and www.sec.gov). These risk factors also
expressly qualify all forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement and should be considered by the reader. Each
forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this
announcement, 24 April 2020. Neither Royal Dutch Shell plc nor any
of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new
information, future events or other information. In light of these
risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied
or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement. We may have used certain terms, such as
resources, in this announcement that the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) strictly prohibits us from including
in our filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F, File No 1-32575, available
on the SEC website www.sec.gov .