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Source: http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/ir/stockinfo/e/index.html (As of 31 Sep 2004). The CMD is abolished under this new structure, board meetings will be more executive in character and there will (now) only be one "Shell" AGM, in one location, every year. Capital Guardian Trust Company 0.82%. in line with most other private sector oil companies) and most commentators have commented favourably on the change which they believe will establish a more transparent and accountable corporation. 0.88%. The new organisation structure follows a more conventional business model (e.g. Morgan Securities, Ltd.

Others felt that the real power in Shell lay not with the two parent company boards at all but with the "Committee of Managing Directors" (CMD) which had no legal status, but nevertheless took all the key operational decisions. J.P. Some critics thought that as the two parent companies had separate boards, with separate memberships, this meant that there was a certain amount of (undesirable) independence of each of the companies from the other. (Holder in Trust) 0.93%. The type of business structure now to be created was not possible under the relevant laws in 1907 when the Group was established, and the unique form of organisation that was then adopted by Shell, although durable, had come under criticism in recent years. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. On the 28th of June, 2005 investors in both "Shell Transport and Trading" and in "Royal Dutch" approved, at their Annual General Meetings, plans to merge the Group's dual-ownership structure and create a single company worth £120bn ($219bn). 0.97%.

On October 28, 2004, the company announced its proposal formally to merge Royal Dutch and "Shell" Transport and Trading into one entity, Royal Dutch Shell plc, to be "incorporated in the UK but headquartered and tax resident in the Netherlands." The new parent company's primary listing will be on the London Stock Exchange. Morgan Whitefriars Inc. Lord Oxburgh's comments were consistent with Shell's commitment to Sustainable Development, a commitment which was a key part of the reputation building efforts that the Group undertook after Brent Spar. J.P. "Sequestration is difficult, but if we don't have sequestration then I see very little hope for the world," he said. The Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation 1.45%. As a remedy he proposed the practice of carbon sequestration, which involves removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and burying it underground. 1.63%.

On June 17th of 2004, Shell chairman Ronald Oxburgh made a statement to The Guardian that in the face of the threat of global warming he was "really very worried for the planet”. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. The reserves issue led to the dismissal of the Group Chairman Sir Philip Watts , and the departure of the CFO and other top executives. DaimlerChrysler MMC Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH 1.83%. This practice has since been discontinued. 1.89%. As a contributing factor, it was identified that in previous years the leading management's bonus payments were linked to the proven reserves base. Phoenix Capital Partners III Co., Ltd.

This corresponds to roughly 13% of the previous proven reserves base. Morgan Whitefriars Equity Derivative 2.22%. The delayed Annual report and Accounts 2003 restated proven reserves reduced 6.648 mn USD in 2001 and reduced by 6.469 mn USD in 2002. Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd 2.85%. Shell drew fire in 2004 when it had to perform a major recategorization of its reserves, admitting that a significant share of reserves previously booked as proven did not fulfill the requirements for proof under the US regulatory provisions. Mitsubishi Corporation 2.92%. Five men were jailed in June 2005 for obstructing the construction of the pipeline through their lands. 5.67%.

The concerns lie in piping the gas, at high pressure, through inhabited areas. Phoenix Capital Partners II Co., Ltd. Natural gas is sometimes refined at source when offshore. 8.30 %. In Ireland, Shell has drawn criticism by attempting to pipe unrefined gas from the Corrib Gas Field onshore and to refine it at a plant in north County Mayo. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. In Canada, Shell Canada settled a lawsuit in which an additive in their gasolines created problems on fuel gauges, especially in automobiles produced by DaimlerChrysler. 9.06%.

Shell eventually agreed to disassemble it onshore in Norway, although Shell has always maintained (supported by third party advice) that its original plan to sink the platform was safer and better for the environment. Phoenix Capital Partners IV Co., Ltd. Shell was also challenged by Greenpeace for plans for subsea disposal of the Brent Spar, an old oil transport and hub station located in the North Sea, into the North Atlantic. 11.33%. When Saro-Wiwa was executed on trumped-up charges some of the world-wide condemnation of the act was aimed at Shell who by association was implicated. Phoenix Capital Partners I Co., Ltd. The political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa had implicated Shell during his “treason” trial by saying “…the ecological war that [Shell] has waged … will be called to question sooner than later and the …crime of the Company's dirty wars against the Ogoni people will also be punished.” Shell was also found to be providing money and supplies to the Nigerian military. DaimlerChrysler AG 18.88%.

Shell's involvement in Nigeria came to the fore after the execution of dissident Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. The car has been well-received in the press and by the public, but its staying power and implications for the company as a whole remain to be seen. Shell operates in Nigeria under the name Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). These rumors proved unfounded, as evidenced by the debut of a fourth-generation Eclipse. Mobil) it could be more of a force for good by staying in the country than by leaving. In January 2005, there were rumours that Mitsubishi might withdraw from the United States. Shell always argued that unlike other multinationals who withdrew (e.g. At this point however, this plan has not been put into action.

Annual General Meetings of the two Group holding companies were disrupted by protesters and Shell was also accused of sanctions breaking. Currently, Phoenix Capital has announced intentions to purchase a larger percent of Mitsubishi stock and turn the company into an exclusive manufacturer of sports cars and trucks/SUVs. In the 1970s and 1980s Shell was heavily criticised by anti Apartheid activists for continuing to carry out business in the Republic of South Africa. With the introduction of a newer Lancer that figure may increase. Over the years Shell has been criticized by environmental and human rights groups for a number of their operations, especially in South Africa and Nigeria. While Russia is still a developing market, Mitsubishi's sales there have already exceeded previous-year sales, and 2005 sales are expected to increase over 70%. Commentators have pointed to the break of tradition in this appointment as Ollila will be the first Shell Chairman to be neither Dutch nor British. Despite this trend is Mitsubishi has seen remarkable growth in Russia.

The appointment will be effective from 1 June 2006. Similarly, the launch of a new Galant, sold in the US from 2003, was staged over years rather than months, and as of mid-2005 it still has not replaced the mid-1990s model in many nations. On 4 August 2005, the board of directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the appointment of Jorma Ollila, currently Chairman and CEO of Nokia, to succeed Aad Jacobs as the company’s Non-Executive Chairman. Until then, MMC's Thai plant was still producing its predecessor for both domestic and export markets. An original investor, the largest single shareholder of Royal Dutch Shell is the holding company owned by the Dutch Royal Family, which was set up by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Although a new Lancer (Lancer Cedia) was available in Japan and the US from around 2000, it failed to introduce this model in many other nations until 2004. Although, to meet company law in all countries, there were executive and non-executive nominated directors of both Royal Dutch and Shell Transport and Trading , the Group had in fact been run by an executive body called the "Committee of Managing Directors" (CMD), whose members were the (executive) Managing Directors of the two parent companies. In other countries, MMC's product launches have been absymal.

Even now, likely for tax reasons, the company's shares are divided into two classes, A and B, representing the former Royal Dutch and Shell shares respectively. Mitsubishi has also been active in OEM production of cars for Nissan, and has just (July 2005) announced a partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroën to manufacture an SUV. In many cases, subsidiary companies are held in partnership with other companies or governments. It will, however, get a version of the Dodge Dakota pickup truck, and will continue work with DC on future small cars. The Shell interest in subsidiaries is always divided 60/40 in favor of Royal Dutch. In August, 2004, Mitsubishi announced that it would not continue with a plan to have DaimlerChrysler produce a minivan for it. Shell Canada) also have local shareholders and are traded on local stock markets. In July, 2004, Mitsubishi announced that it would immediately cancel the slow-selling Diamante, Lancer Sportback station wagon, Montero Sport, and (in 2005) the Montero in the US market, and would scale back purchase projections for the Mitsubishi/Hyundai/Chrysler Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance engines.

These two companies jointly owned all the operating companies in the group, although some (e.g. At the end of the 3rd qurater, the half year result between April to Sept 2004 showed the company suffered net loss of over 146 billion yen during the period. The two holding companies were the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company plc of the United Kingdom. The announcement followed by massive recalls of over half a million vehicle. Prior to unification on 20 July 2005, the group was a dual listed company. By that time, the company had $9 billion debt, with $1.9 billion loss in for the fiscal year ended March 31. through 2004, and non-exclusively through 2006. Among the 30 defects, 4 had publicized in 2000.

Shell may exclusively use the Texaco brand in the U.S. In June, 2004, Mitsubishi Motors admitted it had systematically covered up auto defects for 25 years. In 2001, Shell purchased about 13,000 Texaco stations and several refineries in the United States to permit Texaco to merge with Chevron Corporation. However, the company showed marginal year-on-year improvement as of June 2005, indicating that the company's slump may be bottoming out, or even a possible return to form.
. Mitsubishi's sales in the important US market dropped more than 45 per cent between 2003 and 2004, and the company has fallen behind Mazda in terms of total US sales. The Forestry business went the way of Nuclear, Coal,Metals and Electricity generation and was disposed of in 2003. DaimlerChrysler has refused to buy more Mitsubishi stock than it already has, and the company is scrambling to develop more cars to both retake the youth market and compete in the mainstream market against companies such as Toyota and Honda.

In recent years Shell has moved tentatively into alternative Energy with investments in Solar Power; Wind Power; Hydrogen and Forestry. Mitsubishi is also facing accusations of actively searching for the names of drivers who race their Lancer Evolutions in order to void their warranties (car companies usually void warranties if they find out the customer has raced the vehicle, legitimately or not). However none of these ventures were seen as successful and all have now been disposed of. Mitsubishi Motor's parent company is dealing with multiple controversies over unfair business practices, the quality of its products, and the mistreatment of employees (for more details, see Mitsubishi article). These diversifications have included Nuclear Power (a short lived and costly Joint Venture with Gulf Oil in the USA); Coal (Shell Coal was for a time a significant player in mining and marketing); Metals (Shell acquired the Dutch metals-mining company Billiton in 1970) and Electricity generation (a joint Venture with Bechtel called Intergen). Ironically, the US youth market aided in the company's economic misfortunes because young buyers would default on their car loans, especially on expensive sports cars like the Eclipse and GTO. Over the years Shell has occasionally sought to diversify away from its core oil, gas and chemicals businesses. With the exception of the Lancer Evolution rally homologation car and Endeavor SUV, sales have dropped drastically, especially in the critical US 18–35 youth market the company once had a hold of.

Agrichemicals) have now been disposed of following major restructuring to Shell Chemicals over the past ten years, but there is still a large core chemicals business within the company. Mitsubishi has recently fallen on hard economic times. Some of the Chemicals diversifications (e.g. Mitsubishi has also exported car platform designs and manufacturing know-how to Hyundai in South Korea and Proton in Malaysia. The Chemicals business, involving the production and marketing of a range of hydrocarbon derived chemicals products, was also a logical step downstream from the processing of crude oil in the refinery. In the late 1980s, the Eagle brand was used for some Mitsubishi products in the US. Similar competencies were required for Natural Gas which has become one of the most important businesses in which Shell is involved and which contributes a significant proportion of the companies’ profits. In some countries, Colt was used as the marque.

The development of technical and commercial expertise in all the stages of this vertical integration from the initial search for oil (exploration) through its harvesting (production), transportation, refining and finally trading and marketing established the core competencies on which the Group was founded. Many of Mitsubishi's early exports bore Chrysler brands such as Chrysler Valiant (in Australia), Dodge and Plymouth. Shell’s primary business was, and is, the management of a vertically integrated oil company. That began changing in the United States in 1982. Shell has five core businesses: Exploration and Production, Oil Products, Downstream Gas and Power, Chemicals and Renewables, and operates in more than 140 countries across the world. For many years, Mitsubishi did not sell in North America under its own brand. One of the original Seven Sisters, Royal Dutch/Shell is the world's third largest oil company by revenue, and a major player in the petrochemical industry and the solar energy business. Some Chrysler cars use Mitsubishi componentry, but have been gravitating toward more use of Mercedes-Benz componentry, which is considered superior.

Known as the "Pecten" after the sea shell on which its design is based (the giant scallop, Pecten maximus), the latest version of the logo was designed by Raymond Loewy and introduced in 1971. Mitsubishi has been engaged in a long-term venture with Chrysler (now DaimlerChrysler), assembling a series of cars and trucks for Chrysler brands since the 1970s. The Shell emblem is one of the most familiar commercial symbols in the world. . By 1907 the company had a fleet of oil tankers. Mitsubishis are manufactured globally and exported into most major markets, including the Far East, Europe, and the U.S.. When collecting seashell specimens in the Caspian Sea area in 1892, the younger Samuel realised there was potential in exporting lamp oil from the region and commissioned the world's first purpose built oil tanker, the Murex, to enter this market. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (in Japanese: 三菱自動車工業株式会社, in romaji Mitsubishi Jidōsha Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 7211) is a Japanese automobile company, manufacturing an extensive range of cars and trucks (see Fuso).

In 1833, the founder's father, also Marcus Samuel, had himself founded an import-export business to sell seashells to London collectors. Gas Engine. The origin of the brand name Shell is linked to the origins of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company. Diesel Engine (plus to Industrial Engine). . Gasoline Engine.
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Shell is the world's third largest publicly traded Oil company based on revenues (After BP and ExxonMobil) and the second most profitable (after ExxonMobil) - (Fortune Global 500 2004). Mitsubishi Strada (1991 - Current). Under the old capital structure, Shell's ADRs were traded on the New York Stock Exchange under RD (Royal Dutch) and SC (Shell). Mitsubishi Starion (1982 - 1990). The unification was completed on 20 July 2005. Mitsubishi Space Star & Expo, Chariot (from Hyundai Santamo, Kia Carstar and Plymouth Colt Vista, Eagle Summit Van Wagon). In November 2004 it was announced that that the Shell Group would move to a single capital structure, creating a new parent company to be named Royal Dutch Shell plc, incorporated in England and Wales, and with its principal listing on the London Stock Exchange but its headquarters in The Hague in the Netherlands. Mitsubishi Space gear (from Hyundai Starex, 1994 - Current).

In 1931, partly in response to the difficult economic conditions of the times, Shell-Mex merged their marketing operations in the UK (only) with those of British Petroleum to create Shell-Mex and BP Ltd a company that continued to trade until the brands separated again in 1975. Mitsubishi Sapporo (from, Plymouth Sapporo, 1976 - 1983). In 1919, Shell took control of the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company and in 1921 formed Shell-Mex Limited which marketed products under the “Shell” and “Eagle” brands in the United Kingdom. Mitsubishi RVR (1991 - Current). The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company (the quotation marks are official) was a British company which dated back to 1897 and which had been founded by Marcus Samuel, and his brother, Samuel Samuel. Mitsubishi Raider (2005 - Current). Royal Dutch Petroleum Company had been founded in 1890 by Jean Kessler, along with Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon, when a Royal charter was granted by Queen Wilhelmina to a small oil exploration company known as "Royal Dutch.". Mitsubishi Proudia (from Hyundai Equus, 1997 - 2004).

Prior to unification, the group operated under a number of operating and shareholder agreements. Mitsubishi Precis (from Hyundai Excel, 1986 - 1994). Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company plc merged their operations to compete against the then-giant American oil company, Standard Oil. Mitsubishi Pajero Mini (1994 - Current). The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was created in 1907 when Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (legal name in Dutch, N.V. Mitsubishi Pajero Sport/Montero Sport/Challenger (1996 - 2004). Shell has operations in 140 countries in the world, the biggest of which is in the United States where its operating company is Shell Oil Company, which has its head office in Houston, Texas. Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero (from Hyundai Galloper, 1982 - Current).

Shell's revenues of $268 billion (2004) made it the fourth largest corporation in the world in 2004 and its profits of $18.18 billion made it the world's second most profitable business in terms of gross profits (calculations based on those numbers demonstrate a gross profit margin of 6.8%). Mitsubishi Outlander (2003 - Current). Its corporate headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with legal headquarters in London, United Kingdom. Mitsubishi Nimbus (1983 - Current). Shell also has a significant petrochemicals business (Shell Chemicals) and an embryonic renewable energy sector developing wind and solar opportunities. Mitsubishi Mirage (1978 - 2001). Royal Dutch Shell plc is a major energy company, one of the top four vertically integrated private sector oil/gas companies in the world (along with BP, ExxonMobil, and Total). Mitsubishi Minicab (1966 - Current).

CFO: Peter Voser. Mitsubishi Minica (1962 - Current). CEO: Jeroen van der Veer. Mitsubishi Mighty Max (1982 - 1996). Mitsubishi Magna. Mitsubishi L200 (1987 - Current).

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (1992 - Current). Mitsubishi Lancer (1973 - Current). Mitsubishi GTO (1990 - 1998). Mitsubishi Grandis.

Mitsubishi Galant (from also USA & Canada manufacturing make to 1982, 1969 - Current). Mitsubishi FTO (1994 - 2000). Mitsubishi Forte (1970 - 1986). Mitsubishi Endeavor (2004 - Current).

Mitsubishi eK (a Keicar). Mitsubishi Eclipse (1989 - Current). Mitsubishi Dion (2000 - Current). Mitsubishi Diamante (1990 - 2004).

Mitsubishi Delica & Wagon Van, Colt Van (from Hyundai Grace and Hyundai Porter, 1968 - Current). Mitsubishi Debonair (from Hyundai Grandeur, 1964 - 1999). Mitsubishi Colt (from Dodge Colt and Plymouth Champ, 1965 - 1994). Mitsubishi Cordia (1982 - 1990).

Mitsubishi Carisma (1995 - Current). Mitsubishi Airtrek (2001 - Current). Stuttgart Germany, London UK and Other Europe manufacturing systems. In Europe