Business Context and Reporting Period
This Form 6-K filing by Royal Dutch Shell plc covers the month of May 2008, specifically reporting on a notification released to the London Stock Exchange on May 2, 2008. The document details transactions involving directors and connected persons under DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a).
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide a clear value for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. This report is strictly a disclosure of director share transactions and does not contain financial performance data.
Material Changes
No material changes to financial performance or operational status are reported in this filing. The document solely records the exercise of stock options and/or stock appreciation rights by directors.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing contains no management commentary, guidance, outlook, or discussion of risks and contingencies. It is a regulatory notification of a specific transaction type: the exercise of options under a group employee share plan.
Important Facts for Investors
- Transaction Type: Exercise of stock options and/or stock appreciation rights by directors.
- Director Involved: Linda Cook.
- Security Class: Royal Dutch Shell Class A American Depositary Receipt (RDS.A).
- Volume and Price: 15,000 shares exercised at USD 52.075 per share.
- Consideration: Paid at the market value of the shares underlying the option at the time of the grant.
- Transaction Date: May 1, 2008.