Royal Shell

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CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT

ON

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL

MISS. SARWAT KHURSHID

TABLE OF COTENTS

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

1. INTRODUCTION 02

2. INFORMATION GATHERING 05

3. REPORT 06

4. CONCLUSION 19

5. BIBLOGRAPHY 20

6. CONTENTS OF APPENDIX 21

INTRODUCTION

The Company

Royal Dutch Shell plc is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. It is one of the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The company's headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with its registered office in London, United Kingdom (Shell Centre).

The company's main business is the exploration for and the production, processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas). Shell also has a significant petrochemicals business (Shell Chemicals), and an embryonic renewable energy sector developing wind, hydrogen and solar power opportunities. Shell is incorporated in the UK with its corporate headquarters in The Hague, its tax residence is in Netherlands, and its primary listings on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam (only "A" shares are part of the AEX index)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal Dutch Shell)

History

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies was created in February 1907 when the

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (legal name in Dutch, N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company Ltd of the United Kingdom merged their operations – a move largely driven by the need to compete globally with the then monopolistic American oil company, Standard Oil. The terms of the merger gave 60% of the new Group to the Dutch arm and 40% to the British. To celebrate its centenary...