Business Context and Reporting Period
This Form 6-K filing by Royal Dutch Shell plc covers the month of March 2006, specifically reporting an announcement released to the London Stock Exchange on March 2, 2006. The filing discloses a significant change in beneficial ownership rather than operational or financial performance results.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide a clear value for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. This document is a regulatory notification regarding shareholding interests and contains no financial statements or performance metrics.
Material Changes
The material change reported is the notification received from UBS AG under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985. As of the close of business on February 22, 2006, UBS AG and its associated entities held an interest in 119,585,751 "A" shares of Euro 0.07 each. This represents 3.05% of the issued "A" share capital of the Company.
- UBS AG London Branch: 56,966,865 shares (includes 51,654,400 held by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act).
- UBS AG (Switzerland): 56,754,400 shares.
- UBS Securities LLC: 163,400 shares.
- UBS Financial Services Inc: 1,425,318 shares.
- UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd: 4,275,768 shares.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing text does not provide a clear value for guidance, outlook, management commentary, risks, contingencies, or unusual items. The document is strictly a disclosure of shareholding data.
Investor Verification Points
- Verify the total percentage of "A" share capital held by UBS AG (3.05%) against the company's total issued share capital.
- Confirm the breakdown of holdings across the five specific UBS legal entities listed.
- Note that this filing is incorporated by reference into Registration Statements on Form F-3 and Form S-8.
- Recognize that this filing contains no operational or financial performance data for the period.