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Various dividend related materials that are available for download, including share buybacks and scrip share issued, an historical dividend overview and US/UK tax basis for scrip documents.
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Historical dividend payments
You can download an overview of historical dividend payments from 2006 to 2019 in Excel.
See the dividend announcements page for all full interim dividend announcents from this year and the past five years.
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Share buybacks and scrip share issued
Details of share buyback transactions and scrip shares issued. This section is updated after each buyback transaction and after each scrip shares issue by Royal Dutch Shell plc.
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UK & US tax basis for shares or ADSs issued under the scrip dividend programme
UK: The Market price of RDSA and RDSB on the London Stock Exchange on the dividend payment date as calculated in accordance with S272 (3) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is shown in the table below.
US: Under Shell’s Scrip Dividend Program, holders of A ADSs and B ADSs could elect to receive a dividend in cash or in A ADSs. In accordance with IRS rules, Shell reports the U.S. tax basis of A ADSs distributed as part of the scrip program. The table below summarizes that U.S. tax basis information. Supporting documentation (as described in Internal Revenue Code Sec. 6045B) is contained in the following summary table.
UK & US tax basis
Payment date UK Tax basis RDSA
(GBpence)
UK Tax basis RDSB
(GBpence)US Tax Basis
(USD)US Tax Basis
(Supporting documents)Q3 2017
20 December 20172,410.50 2,432.00 64.88 Q3 2017 Q2 2017
18 September 20172,112.50 2,155.50 57.32 Q2 2017 Q1 2017
26 June 20172,065.50 2,103.00 52.62 Q1 2017 Q4 2016
27 March 20172,078.00 2,173.00 52.28 Q4 2016 Q3 2016
16 December 20162,175.00 2,289.00 54.22 Q3 2016 Q2 2016
19 September 20161,832.50 1,921.50 47.92 Q2 2016 Q1 2016
27 June 20161,907.00 1,922.50 51.24 Q1 2016 Q4 2015
29 Mar 20161,650.0 1,667.50 47.60 Q4 2015 Q3 2015
18 Dec 20151,463.50 1,469.00 44.12 Q3 2015 Q2 2015
21 Sept 20151,577.50 1,596.00 49.39 Q2 2015 Q1 2015
22 June 20151,875.00 1,902.50 59.30 Q1 2015 Q1 2014
26 June 20142,400.63 2,522.75 81.82 Q1 2014 Q4 2013
27 Mar 20142,186.75 2,317.75 72.64 Q4 2013 Q3 2013
23 Dec 20132,153.25 2,260.25 70.42 Q3 2013 Q2 2013
26 Sep 20132,058.10 2,157.6 65.90 Q2 2013 Q1 2013
27 Jun 20132,104.60 2,185.60 64.12 Q1 2013 Q4 2012
28 Mar 20132,128.80 2,184.80 64.59 Q4 2012 Q3 2012
20 Dec 20122139.80 2199.80 69.70
Q3 2012 Q2 2012
20 Sep20122,196.00 2,259.50 71.18 Q2 2012 Q1 2012
21 Jun 20122,130.80 2,210.8 66.52 Q1 2012 Q4 2011
22 Mar 20122,220.80 2,243.8 71.51 Q4 2011 Q3 2011
16 Dec 20112,275.30 2,342.80 71.75 Q3 2011 Q2 2011
19 Sep 20112,057.30 2,081.30 65.39 Q2 2011 Q1 2011
27 Jun 20112,125.30 2,126.30 68.99 Q1 2011 Q4 2010
25 Mar 20112,257.80 2,257.80 73.51 Q4 2010 Q3 2010
17 Dec 20102,070.80 2,069.30 65.30 Q3 2010 -
Potential SDRT reclaim for ADS holders electing scrip
On 28 February 2012 the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) of the United Kingdom released its decision on the case between HSBC Holdings PLC and the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation versus Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”). This ruling established that Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (“SDRT”) is not due on the issue of shares to a US depositary.
As explained in the scrip reference announcement for the first quarter 2012 interim dividend made on the 16th of May 2012 and following quarters, the Reference ADS price no longer includes an adjustment for the deduction of SDRT. Given these changes, there is no longer a need to have an Alternative Reference ADS Price. Instead the Reference ADS Price applies to all A ADSs and B ADSs.
Previously, in the third and fourth quarter 2010 interim dividends and in all four quarterly 2011 interim dividend the depository bank for A ADSs and B ADSs, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BoNY”), took SDRT out of the scrip dividend and transferred this SDRT in pound sterling to HMRC.
For each whole ADS awarded as scrip dividend, this SDRT deduction equated to 1.5% of the Reference Share Price of the two A Shares underlying each new A ADS. For these six affected quarters this equates to the deductions per whole ADS awarded as scrip dividend provided by the following table:
Interim dividend
[quarter]Record date
[month/day/year]Reference Share Price
[USD per A share]SDRT deducted per whole new A ADS awarded as scrip dividend and transferred to HMRC in pound sterling
[equivalent USD per ADS][GBP per ADS transferred to HMRC] [Date of transfer to HMRC] [month/day/year] 3rd quarter 2010 11/5/2010 33.439 1.0032 0.64430 12/29/2010 4th quarter 2010 2/11/2011 34.297 1.0289 0.64319 3/31/2011 1st quarter 2011 5/13/2011 34.986 1.0496 0.65240 7/4/2011 2nd quarter 2011 8/5/2011 32.317 0.9695 0.61855 9/27/2011 3rd quarter 2011 11/4/2011 34.953 1.0486 0.66619 12/28/2011 4th quarter 2011 2/17/2012 36.315
1.0895 0.68889 4/4/2012 Affected ADS holders might be able to reclaim these SDRT amounts deducted on previous issues under the Scrip Dividend Programme. HMRC has made an announcement on the 27th of April 2012 (PDF - 64KB) providing guidance about how claims to repayment should be made to HMRC.
ADS holders who wish to seek such refund of SDRT should speak to their tax advisor.
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Scrip dividend communication to shareholders
Title The documents are intended for and should be read only by those holding shares in the following ways Chairman’s letter to Shareholders April 2016 - Holders of share certificates and CREST shareholders
- Shares held through the RDS Corporate Nominee Service
Chairman's letter to Shareholders May 2015 - Holders of share certificates and CREST shareholders
- Shares held through the RDS Corporate Nominee Service
- Shares held through a securities account with a bank or another financial institution holding ultimately through Euroclear Nederland
- Registered ADS holders
Q&A leaflet May 2015 - Holders of share certificates and CREST shareholders
- Shares held through the RDS Corporate Nominee Service
- Shares held through a securities account with a bank or another financial institution holding ultimately through Euroclear Nederland
- Registered ADS holders
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