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LONDON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA) (LSE:RDSB), plc announces the poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on May 21, 2013 at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, The Hague, The Netherlands. All Resolutions 1 to 19 were carried. Pursuant to the Listing Rules, a copy of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today announced that Peter Voser, as Chief Executive Officer, has elected to retire from the Company in the first half of 2014. Peter Voser was appointed CEO with effect from July 2009 and has been an Executive Director since 2004. Shell's Chairman Jorma Ollila said, "Peter's leadership of Shell over the last 4 years has been...

LONDON, December 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that Mr Gerrit Zalm has been appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from January 1, 2013. Mr Zalm is the Chairman of the Board of Management of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a position he has held since February 2009. Prior to that Mr Zalm was the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands from 1994-2002 and from 2003-2007. Mr Zalm will seek...

LONDON, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14R, Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) confirms that Jorma Ollila, Chairman of the Company, stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Nokia with effect from the close of business of its Annual General Meeting held on May 3rd, 2012. May 4, 2012 Mark Edwards Deputy Company Secretary Royal Dutch Shell plc Tel: +44(0)20-7934-2817...

HELSINKI, October 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chairman of Nokia and Shell Jorma Ollila, Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka and other big Finns share their failure stories During the times of difficult economic situation and aging population, Finland is finding itself in the middle of need for new jobs for 4% of the working force. This cannot be created by giant corporations anymore and the only way to sustain the welfare state seems to go through new ventures and entrepreneurship....

GENEVA, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced that its Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Peter Bakker as its new President effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Bakker, the former CEO of Dutch logistics giant TNT, succeeds Bjorn Stigson, who will retire. The appointment comes at an important time for the WBCSD, a CEO-led, global coalition of some 200 companies advocating for progress on sustainable...

Nokia on Wednesday said it's smartphones in 2012 will carry Windows software and also said it had other potential partners along with Microsoft and Google. That announcement came after one last Friday saying it would partner with Microsoft to adopt Windows Phone software across all its devices, replacing its own Symbian platform. The move would turn the largest mobile phone producer into a pure hardware developer. Stephen Elop, Nokia's chief executive officer, said Tuesday that the firm was...

LONDON, December 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11 (3), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that Jorma Ollila will stand down as a member of the Remuneration Committee with effect from December 31, 2010. With effect from January 1, 2011, the membership of the Remuneration Committee is as follows: Hans Wijers (Chairman) Josef Ackermann Charles O. Holliday December 20, 2010 SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc

Stephen Elop, a Canadian Microsoft executive with Silicon Valley credentials, has been hired by Nokia to replace its chief executive officer in order to compete better with Apple in the smartphone market. Nokia said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who headed Nokia for four years, would hand over the company to Elop on September 21.  Elop has risen rapidly over the past five years from chief executive of San Francisco Web software maker Marcromedia to chief operating officer of Juniper Networks to...

ESPOO, Finland, September 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Board of Directors has appointed Stephen Elop President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia as of September 21. Elop currently heads Microsoft's Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, Elop held senior executive positions in a number of US-based public companies, including Juniper Networks, Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. He holds a degree in computer engineering and management from McMaster...