AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- A lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) over oil leaks in Nigeria has been adjourned by a Dutch court, one of the plaintiffs said Wednesday, adding that the hearing should start this summer.
February 10th, 2010:
Dutch Court Adjourns Shell Nigeria Lawsuit Until Summer
Shell CEO Voser Converts Maximum Allowance of Bonus Into Shares
February 10, 2010, 12:25 PM EST
By Fred Pals
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plcs Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser converted the maximum proportion of last years bonus into stock, reflecting his confidence in the long-term prospects of the companys shares.
Voser got 50 percent of his 2009 bonus, or the equivalent of 931,838 euros ($1.28 million), converted into 47,121 class-A shares, according to a company filing today to the Securities and Exchanges Commission, or SEC. Thats based on a closing share price of 19.775 euros on Feb. 5.
Updated: Shell ethics boss wants evidence of data theft to be destroyed
By John Donovan
The Police have advised me that the database is not of any interest since they are not currently investigating any criminal offenses.
In the light of this information, we have notified Richard Wiseman Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer that we are willing to delete/destroy the copy of the Shell Global Address Book sent to us.
It is not a leaked email or document, but a huge proprietary database storing commercial and personal information. And it belongs to Shell.
It is being destroyed/deleted on a voluntary basis.
Shell ethics boss wants evidence of data theft to be destroyed
Published below is more email correspondence with Richard Wiseman, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. It concerns the Shell Global Address Book containing company and personal contact information for over 100,000 employees. I will leave to readers to decide whether Mr Wiseman is fit for purpose in his current role.