Welcome to the official website containing information concerning the settlement in the securities class action, In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation.
If you purchased:
- stock or stock equivalents (including American Depositary Receipts) issued by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company or The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. (collectively, “Shell”)
- Shell call options (or like instruments)
- Shell put options (or like instruments)
on a United States exchange or market
and/or
- stock or stock equivalents issued by Shell
- Shell call options (or like instruments)
- Shell put options (or like instruments)
on one or more exchanges or markets outside of the United States and, at the time of purchase, were residents or citizens of, or were incorporated in or created under the laws of the United States (including its states, territories and possessions)
you may be eligible to participate in, and receive relief under, the settlement.
If you are eligible to participate in, and wish to receive relief under, the settlement, you must submit a valid claim form that is postmarked or received by the Administrator no later than November 18, 2008.
For information concerning the U.S. Class Action Settlement and instructions on how to complete a claim form, please use the links provided on this website.
Please note there are other settlements relating to the subject matter of the U.S. Class Action Settlement (namely, Shell’s recategorization of certain of its oil and gas reserves), pursuant to which settlement relief will be distributed to purchasers of Shell securities:
- Shell entered into an agreement with a special purpose foundation and
certain other parties under a Dutch law to settle all asserted and
unasserted claims of non-United States purchasers who purchased their
Shell shares outside of the United States (the “Non-U.S. Settlement”).
For more information regarding the Non-U.S. Settlement, please visit
www.RoyalDutchShellSettlement.com.
- Shell entered into a settlement with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission ("SEC") pursuant to which it agreed
to pay $120,000,000 to be distributed to a worldwide class of
Shell purchasers, including persons and entities eligible to receive
relief under the settlement described in the notice that is linked on
this website. For more information regarding the settlement with the
SEC, please visit
www.ShellSECSettlement.com.