壳牌公布第一季度调整后收益为 77 亿美元，该公司将取消其购买的所有股票。
壳牌公司 5 月 2 日表示，第一季度调整后收益为 77 亿美元，该公司将启动价值 35 亿美元的股票回购计划。
过去四个季度，壳牌支付的股东分配总额占经营活动现金流量 (CFFO) 的 41%。第一季度，壳牌公布的 CFFO 为 133 亿美元。该公司表示，本季度股东应占收入为 74 亿美元。
壳牌表示，回购计划旨在减少公司已发行股本，公司将取消其购买的所有股份。该公司表示，预计将在 8 月 1 日公布业绩之前于 2024 年第二季度完成股票回购。
壳牌与单一经纪商达成一项协议，其中包含三份不可撤销的非全权委托合同，以便能够在 7 月 26 日（含）之前在伦敦和荷兰交易所购买普通股。根据伦敦合约回购股份的代价为20亿美元。在荷兰交易所，合同的最高对价为15亿美元。
Shell, which posted first-quarter adjusted earnings of $7.7 billion, will cancel all of the shares it buys.
Coming off first-quarter adjusted earnings of $7.7 billion, Shell will commence a $3.5 billion share buyback program, the company said on May 2.
The past four quarters, Shell paid out total shareholder distributions of 41% of cash flow from operating activities (CFFO). In the first quarter, Shell reported $13.3 billion in CFFO. For the quarter, income attributable to shareholders was $7.4 billion, the company said.
Shell said the repurchase program is intended to reduce the issued share capital of the company, with the company cancelling all of the shares it buys. The company said it expects to complete the share repurchase in second-quarter 2024, before it announces results on Aug. 1.
Shell entered into an arrangement with a single broker consisting of three irrevocable, non-discretionary contracts, to enable the purchase of ordinary shares on both London and Netherlands exchanges for a period up to and including July 26. In the London exchange, the aggregate maximum consideration for repurchasing shares under the London contracts is $2 billion. In the Netherlands exchange, the maximum consideration under contract is $1.5 billion.