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Shell Plc 1st Quarter 2025 Unaudited Results

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SHELL PLC
1st QUARTER 2025 UNAUDITED RESULTS


SUMMARY OF UNAUDITED RESULTS

Quarters

$ million

Q1 2025

Q4 2024

Q1 2024

Reference

4,780

928

7,358

+415

Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders

5,577

3,661

7,734

+52

Adjusted Earnings

A

15,250

14,281

18,711

+7

Adjusted EBITDA

A

9,281

13,162

13,330

-29

Cash flow from operating activities

(3,959)

(4,431)

(3,528)

Cash flow from investing activities

5,322

8,731

9,802

Free cash flow

G

4,175

6,924

4,493

Cash capital expenditure

C

8,575

9,401

8,997

-9

Operating expenses

F

8,453

9,138

9,054

-7

Underlying operating expenses

F

10.4%

11.3%

12.0%

ROACE

D

76,511

77,078

79,931

Total debt

E

41,521

38,809

40,513

Net debt

E

18.7%

17.7%

17.7%

Gearing

E

2,838

2,815

2,911

+1

Oil and gas production available for sale (thousand boe/d)

0.79

0.15

1.14

+427

Basic earnings per share ($)

0.92

0.60

1.20

+53

Adjusted Earnings per share ($)

B

0.3580

0.3580

0.3440

Dividend per share ($)

1.Q1 on Q4 change


Quarter Analysis1

Income attributable to Shell plc shareholders, compared with the fourth quarter 2024, reflected lower exploration well write-offs, lower operating expenses and higher Products margins.

First quarter 2025 income attributable to Shell plc shareholders also included a charge of $0.5 billion related to the UK Energy Profits Levy and impairment charges. These items are included in identified items amounting to a net loss of $0.8 billion in the quarter. This compares with identified items in the fourth quarter 2024 which amounted to a net loss of $2.8 billion.

Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA2 were driven by the same factors as income attributable to Shell plc shareholders and adjusted for the above identified items.

Cash flow from operating activities for the first quarter 2025 was $9.3 billion and primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, partly offset by tax payments of $2.9 billion and working capital outflows of $2.7 billion. The working capital outflows mainly reflected accounts receivable and payable movements.

Cash flow from investing activities for the first quarter 2025 was an outflow of $4.0 billion, and included cash capital expenditure of $4.2 billion, and net other investing cash outflows of $0.9 billion which included the drawdowns on loan facilities provided at completion of the sale of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) in Nigeria, partly offset by divestment proceeds of $0.6 billion.

Net debt and Gearing: At the end of the first quarter 2025, net debt was $41.5 billion, compared with $38.8 billion at the end of the fourth quarter 2024. This reflects free cash flow of $5.3 billion, which included working capital outflows of $2.7 billion, more than offset by share buybacks of $3.3 billion, cash dividends paid to Shell plc shareholders of $2.2 billion, lease additions of $1.3 billion including those related to the Pavilion Energy Pte. Ltd. acquisition and interest payments of $0.8 billion. Gearing was 18.7% at the end of the first quarter 2025, compared with 17.7% at the end of the fourth quarter 2024, mainly driven by higher net debt.