Royal Dutch Shell plc publishes its financial statements in US dollars. Given below are some of the key items for the quarter translated into euro and pounds sterling.
$ million
euro million
£ million
2008
2007
%
2008
2007
%
2008
2007
%
Revenue
114,302
73,480
+56
First quarter
76,422
56,065
+36
57,803
37,600
+54
Income attributable to shareholders
9,083
7,281
+25
First quarter
6,073
5,555
+9
4,593
3,726
+23
CCS Earnings
7,776
6,932
+12
First quarter
5,199
5,289
-2
3,932
3,547
+11
Total Equity
133,163
113,510
+17
First quarter
84,305
85,235
-1
67,034
58,026
+16
Capital Investment
8,060
5,974
+35
First quarter
5,389
4,558
+18
4,076
3,057
+33
Income attributable to Shareholders
Q1
Q4
Q1
Per ordinary share
2008
2007
2007
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
$
1.47
1.36
1.16
euro
0.98
0.94
0.88
pence
74.14
66.47
59.26
Notes:
1. The exchange rates used in the quarterly translation are the average rates, except in the case of total equity where the end rate is used:
euro/$
£/$
2008
2007
2008
2007
First quarter average rate
0.6686
0.7630
0.5057
0.5117
First quarter end rate
0.6331
0.7509
0.5034
0.5112
2. CCS earnings is earnings on an estimated current cost of supplies basis.
3. Capital investment is capital expenditure, exploration expenses excluding the cost of carrying and retaining unproven properties and the costs of unsuccessful exploratory drilling, new investments in equity accounted investments and certain other investments.
4. Earnings per share calculations are explained in the notes to the Quarterly Results Announcement.
5. Previous periods are adjusted for discontinued operations.
