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Shell settles fraud case for $150M

FROM OUR AUGUST 2004 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE

CNN: Shell settles fraud case for $150M

Oil company agrees to pay SEC for overstating reserves, also settles market abuse case in Britain.

August 24, 2004

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Royal Dutch/Shell has agreed to pay about $150 million to settle charges by U.S. and British regulators that it vastly overstated oil reserves.

Under the settlement, Shell has also agreed to commit another $5 million to establish an internal compliance program under the direction and oversight of the company’s legal director, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement.

The company units cited by the SEC, Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport, neither admitted to or denied any wrongdoing, the commission said. read more

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Shell Hldr Foundation: Court Declares Shell Settlement Binding

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

MAY 29, 2009, 9:53 A.M. ET

Edited Press Release

AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–The Stichting Shell Reserves Compensation Foundation Today announces Friday that the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has declared the Non-U.S. Settlement Agreement concerning the recategorisation by Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) of certain of its oil and gas reserves binding.

The agreement provides relief in the amount of US$352.6 million to qualifying non-U.S. shareholders who bought Shell shares on any stock exchange outside the United States from 8 April 1999 through 18 March 2004. read more

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Shell settlement wins approval

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company by market value, won preliminary approval of a $120-million US settlement over claims it misled investors about oil and natural gas reserves.

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Shell Settles Oil Reserve Fraud Case for $150.7 Million

The New York Times: Shell Settles Oil Reserve Fraud Case for $150.7 Million

Degenhardt added that the overstatements had occurred “over an extended period.”

Posted 25 August 04

LONDON (Reuters) – Regulators said on Tuesday they would pursue individuals responsible for a reserves scandal at Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD.AS) (SHEL.L), as the oil giant settled $151 million in fines over the debacle.

“As our investigation continues, we intend to focus on, among other things, the people responsible for Shell’s failures,” said Harold F. Degenhardt, administrator at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States.

Degenhardt added that the overstatements had occurred “over an extended period.” The SEC added that it had warned Shell before late 2003 that its “reported proved reserves potentially were overstated.” read more

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Shell settles fraud case for $150M

FROM OUR AUGUST 2004 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE

CNN: Shell settles fraud case for $150M

Oil company agrees to pay SEC for overstating reserves, also settles market abuse case in Britain.

August 24, 2004

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Royal Dutch/Shell has agreed to pay about $150 million to settle charges by U.S. and British regulators that it vastly overstated oil reserves.

Under the settlement, Shell has also agreed to commit another $5 million to establish an internal compliance program under the direction and oversight of the company’s legal director, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement.

The company units cited by the SEC, Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport, neither admitted to or denied any wrongdoing, the commission said. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
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