The Independent on Sunday: Shell to sing a new tune
Sunday 26 June 2005
Edited by Ben Schneiders
After last year’s reserves scandal, Shell shareholders will get the chance on Tuesday to approve a radical revamp of the company’s structure. They will vote on a proposal to merge the Dutch and British holding companies to form a single entity, to be called Royal Dutch Shell.
For nearly a century, Shell has operated under dual ownership, but this came under heavy fire in 2004 after the group slashed its proven oil and gas reserves by 20 per cent. The scandal claimed three top executives and severely dented investor confidence in the corporate structure and management.
If the AGM vote is successful, the single entity will have one board, one chairman and one chief executive, replacing the existing structure of two boards and a committee of managing directors. Its main listing will be in London and should start trading on 20 July.
Corporate governance group Rrev welcomed the proposals. “The renewed plans are an improvement on the existing arrangements and the structure is more aligned to best practice and our guidelines,” said its chief executive, Tim Sawyer.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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