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EY conflicts of interest issues could affect Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal
May 4th, 2016
Conflicts of interest and issues around auditor independence could affect the proposed acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell, Manifest has suggested. Analysis by proxy voting agency Manifest ahead of Royal Dutch Shell’s AGM next month has found that EY, ...
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell
September 3rd, 2015
The transaction was cleared as it will not grant Shell market power in oil and gas exploration, LNG liquefaction or LNG wholesale supply. Shell will also not be able to prevent competitors from using its gas infrastructure in the ...
EY’s slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit
May 21st, 2015
EY is on the cusp of being crowned new auditors to Royal Dutch Shell should its shareholders anoint them at the fossil fuel giant’s 2016 Annual General Meeting. The announcement secures EY’s growing presence in the sector having already bagged ...
BG Group agrees to £45bn takeover by Royal Dutch Shell in oil mega-merger
April 8th, 2015
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is to announce a takeover of BG Group today, in a deal valuing gas producer BG at around £45bn. Shell is expected to pay a premium of around 50 per cent on BG’s shares, which closed up ...
Royal Dutch Shell sees ‘robust’ profits rise
July 31st, 2014
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has described its performance as “robust” after its second-quarter profits more than doubled. Shell said profits for the period rose to $5.15bn (£3bn) from $2.39bn a year earlier. Stripping out the impact of one-off ...
Shell to launch its own offshore legal centre
May 31st, 2016
In the latest twist to the offshoring saga, and following news last week that two global 100 firms are to outsource to Poland and Manila, Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to open its own offshore legal centre to service ...
Shell, Saudi Aramco Plan to Break Up Motiva Partnership
March 17th, 2016
Ownership of biggest refinery in the U.S. will shift to Saudi Arabia’s hands Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. plan to end their long-standing fuel partnership, putting ownership of the biggest refinery in the U.S. in ...
Shell’s profits dive ahead of BG deal shareholder vote
January 20th, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell has reported a sharp drop in profits just a week before shareholders vote on its planned takeover of smaller rival BG Group. For the fourth quarter it expects profits of $1.6bn to $1.9bn, less than half ...
Shell’s Takeover of BG Group Clears Australian Hurdle
November 20th, 2015
Tie-Up’s success hangs on approval from China and Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board Australia’s antitrust regulator won’t stand in the way of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s takeover of BG Group PLC, brushing aside its earlier concerns that the tie-up could reduce the supply of natural ...
Shell Leads $19 Billion of Gas, Oil Writedowns in Just One Week
October 30th, 2015
Shell leads writedowns with $8.2 billion in impairments Predictions of future cash flow have fallen along with prices More than $19 billion in oil and gas writedowns have been reported in a single week as producers acknowledge what investors already ...
