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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2 )*
(Name of Issuer)
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
Michiel
Brandjes
Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc
30, Carel
van Bylandtaan
2596 HR The Hague
The Netherlands
+31 70 377 9111
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communication)
Copy to:
William P. Rogers, Jr., Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HR
United Kingdom
+44 207 453 1000
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed
in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of
the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
Royal Dutch Shell plc |
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I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY): |
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS):
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SEC USE ONLY: |
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: |
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England and Wales
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SOLE VOTING POWER: |
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740,294,180 Common Shares |
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SHARES |
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SHARED VOTING POWER: |
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740,294,180 Common Shares |
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None |
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: |
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740,294,180 Common Shares |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): |
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89.6% of Common Shares |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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HC, CO |
Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 2) amends and supplements Item 4 and
Item 7 and restates clauses (a) and (c) of Item 5 of the Schedule 13D filed by Royal Dutch Shell
plc (Royal Dutch Shell) on October 23, 2006, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed
on January 26, 2007 and from time to time, (the Schedule 13D), in respect of the common shares,
no par value, of Shell Canada Limited, a company organized pursuant to the laws of Canada (Shell
Canada). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 2 but not defined herein have the meanings
given to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Shell Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, announced that as at 8:00
p.m. (Toronto time) on March 16, 2007 96,985,322 common shares of Shell Canada were validly
deposited to Shell Investmentss offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Shell
Canada not already owned by Shell Investments or its affiliates (the Offer) and that the Offer
would be extended until 8:00 PM (Toronto time) on March 30, 2007.
As the minimum deposit condition under the Offer was met, Shell Investments has taken up and
accepted for payment the 96,985,322 common shares validly deposited and not withdrawn, which
represent approximately 53.1% of the outstanding common shares of Shell Canada that were not
already owned by Shell Investments or its affiliates. Shell Investments or its affiliates now own
740,294,180 common shares of Shell Canada or approximately 89.6% of the outstanding common shares
of Shell Canada.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) Royal Dutch Shell beneficially owns 740,294,180 common shares of Shell Canada or
approximately 89.6% of the Common Shares of Shell Canada.
(c) On
March 17, 2007, Shell Investments took up and accepted for payment the
96,985,322 common shares validly deposited and not withdrawn to the Offer, at a price of C$45.00
cash per common share, pursuant to the terms of the Offer and Circular dated February 8, 2007.
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
The following documents are filed as exhibits:
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Press release dated March 17, 2007, entitled Royal Dutch Shell
plc updates an offer for the minority shares of Shell Canada
Limited. |
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: March 19, 2007
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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL plc |
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/s/ Michiel Brandjes |
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Name:
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Michiel Brandjes |
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Title:
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Company Secretary |
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Press release dated March 17, 2007, entitled Royal
Dutch Shell plc updates an offer for the minority shares
of Shell Canada Limited. |
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News & Media releases
Royal Dutch Shell plc updates on offer for the minority shares of Shell Canada Limited
17/03/2007
Shell Investments Limited (SIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell
plc, announced that as at 8:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on March 16, 2007 (the Initial Expiry
Time) 96,985,322 common shares in the capital of Shell Canada Limited (Shell Canada)
were validly deposited to SILs offer to acquire, at a price of C$45.00 cash per common
share, all of the outstanding common shares of Shell Canada not already owned by SIL or
its affiliates (the Offer).
As the minimum deposit condition under the Offer has been met, SIL has taken up and
accepted for payment all of the common shares validly deposited. The common shares taken
up and accepted for payment represent approximately 53.1% of the outstanding common
shares of Shell Canada not already owned by SIL or its affiliates. SIL or its affiliates
now own 740,294,180 common shares of Shell Canada or approximately 89.6% of the
outstanding common shares of Shell Canada. Payment will be made on or before Wednesday,
March 21, 2007 to Shell Canada shareholders who have validly deposited their common
shares under the Offer.
SIL also announced today that it has extended the Offer to 8:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on
March 30, 2007. SIL expects to mail a formal notice of extension to Shell Canada
shareholders shortly.
Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer commented This is a positive
outcome, and a further step towards building on our strong position in Canada, using the
strengths that only a company of our global scale can bring. This is an opportunity to
create an integrated unconventional oil business on an international scale.
Disclaimer Statement
This document contains forward-looking statements concerning the financial condition,
results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch Shell. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations that are based on
managements current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include,
among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Royal Dutch Shell to
market risks and statements expressing managements expectations, beliefs, estimates,
forecasts, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified
by their use of terms and phrases such as anticipate, believe, could,
estimate, expect, intend, may, plan, objectives, outlook,
probably, project, will, seek, target, risks, goals,
should and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect
the future operations of Royal Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this
Report, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural
gas; (b) changes in demand for the Groups products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d)
drilling and production results; (e) reserve estimates; (f) loss of market and industry
competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated with the
identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful
negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in
developing countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative,
fiscal and regulatory developments including potential litigation and regulatory effects
arising from recategorisation of reserves; (k) economic and financial market conditions
in various countries and regions; (l) political risks, project delay or advancement,
approvals and cost estimates; and (m) changes in trading conditions. All forward-looking
statements contained in this document are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only
as of the date of this presentation. Neither Royal Dutch Shell nor any of its
subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of
these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from
the forward-looking statements contained in this document.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits oil and gas companies,
in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has
demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and
legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We use certain
terms in this presentation, such as oil in place that the SECs guidelines strictly
prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F, File No 1-32575 and disclosure in our Forms 6-K
file No, 1-32575, available on the SEC website www.sec.gov opens in new window. You can
also obtain these forms from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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