Category: Eurozone

  • MIL-OSI United Nations: As World Grapples with Great Peril, Values Enshrined in Helsinki Final Act ‘Remain Our Moral and Strategic Compass’, Secretary-General Anniversary Message Says

    Source: United Nations 4

    SG/SM/22750

    Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the fiftieth anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, in Helsinki today: 

    I am pleased to send my warm greetings as you gather to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.  I commend the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chair, Finland, for its leadership in convening this anniversary event.

    Half a century ago, the Helsinki Final Act charted a bold and visionary course for peace — rooted in dialogue, grounded in international law, and anchored in the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people.

    This year also marks the eightieth anniversary of the UN Charter.  The principles of our Charter and OSCE are a shared foundation for peace and cooperation.

    But today those principles are under grave strain.  War continues to rage in the European continent. Trust between States is fraying.  Human rights are under assault.  Democratic space is shrinking.  And disinformation is fuelling division and fear.  We are witnessing a dangerous drift away from commitments that have safeguarded peace for generations.

    Yet, in this moment of peril, the values enshrined in the UN Charter and echoed in the Helsinki Final Act — sovereignty, territorial integrity and peaceful coexistence — remain our moral and strategic compass.

    The role of the OSCE as a platform for dialogue and a guardian of these principles is more vital than ever.  The United Nations stands firmly with the OSCE in defending shared values:  dialogue over division, cooperation over confrontation and dignity for all.

    Let us recommit to the spirit of Helsinki.  By strengthening regional partnerships to renew multilateralism. By principled leadership to uphold international law.  And by forging unity of purpose to build a future of mutual respect, resilience and shared prosperity.

    Let us honour this milestone by renewing our commitment to a world anchored in peace, justice, and human rights.  Thank you — and my very best wishes for a successful meeting.

    For information media. Not an official record.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – German budget deficit – E-002965/2025

    Source: European Parliament

    Question for written answer  E-002965/2025
    to the Commission
    Rule 144
    Moritz Körner (Renew)

    Germany recently reformed its national debt brake. The reform comprises three key elements. The federal states will have their own net borrowing capacity of 0.35 % of GDP per year. The Federal Government adopted a new special investment fund for infrastructure and climate protection worth EUR 500 billion, in addition to the existing special defence fund of EUR 100 billion. Defence and security expenditure will in future be explicitly exempted from the debt brake. According to the Federal Ministry of Defence, the following defence budgets are planned for the coming years:

    2025: EUR 62.43 billion

    2026: EUR 82.69 billion

    2027: EUR 93.35 billion

    2028: EUR 136.48 billion

    2029: EUR 152.83 billion

    • 1.What annual government deficits does the Commission expect for Germany from 2025 to 2029, as a percentage of GDP and in absolute terms?
    • 2.How high can Germany’s annual deficit be between 2025 and 2029 if it applies the national escape clause in full?
    • 3.In such a case, what would the maximum annual expenditure volume available to Germany be without infringing the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact?

    Submitted: 17.7.2025

    Last updated: 31 July 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Impacts of SAFE – E-002960/2025

    Source: European Parliament

    Question for written answer  E-002960/2025
    to the Commission
    Rule 144
    Moritz Körner (Renew)

    According to the Commission, what positive military or defence implications will the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) financial instrument have for Germany by 2030?

    Submitted: 17.7.2025

    Last updated: 31 July 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Violations of the Animal Transport Regulation – E-002984/2025

    Source: European Parliament

    Question for written answer  E-002984/2025
    to the Commission
    Rule 144
    Maria Noichl (S&D), Thomas Waitz (Verts/ALE), Sebastian Everding (The Left), Sirpa Pietikäinen (PPE), Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Tilly Metz (Verts/ALE), Anja Hazekamp (The Left), Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D)

    In spring 2025, the non-governmental organisations Soko Tierschutz and The Marker documented systematic violations of the EU Animal Transport Regulation[1]. One specific case is the transport of more than 34 000 calves, which were just a few weeks old, from Austria and Germany to Spain. Here, they were fattened in some cases in serious violation of their rights, and were later slaughtered without stunning in North Africa and the Middle East. It is particularly barbaric that the calves’ documented travel time was over 22 hours without sufficient rest breaks or care, which is a clear violation of the applicable EU regulations. Criminal charges have been filed with the Augsburg Public Prosecutor’s Office.

    • 1.Does the Commission recognise a violation of the EU Animal Transport Regulation in the documented case, and what concrete steps is the Commission taking, in cooperation with the Member States concerned, (Germany, Austria and Spain) to clarify the case?
    • 2.Does the Commission have information on comparable cases of systematic infringements in other Member States?
    • 3.What measures does the Commission propose to prevent such structural abuse in the future – in particular with regard to controls, transparency and sanctioning mechanisms?

    Submitted: 17.7.2025

    • [1] Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/1/oj).
    Last updated: 31 July 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: EIB supports €100 million initiative to improve Cyprus’s road network

    Source: European Investment Bank

    EIB

    • EIB funds Cypriot government €100 million to make road travel easier and safer
    • The financial agreement is second tranche of €200m total funding to co-finance network upgrades and extensions
    • Works to include environmental management systems such as better water collection and drainage systems.

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is funding Cyprus a further €100 million for a range of road improvements in the country. The EIB credit will cover 50% of the costs of planned renovations and extensions to make road travel in Cyprus easier and safer.

    The agreement is part of a €200 million approved EIB financing package for Cypriot road infrastructure. The first tranche of €100 million was signed in December 2024. The works, which will cover road networks and infrastructure improvement in various areas across the country, are due to be completed by 2029.

    “Investing in essential infrastructure like road networks is vital for strengthening social cohesion and driving economic growth in Cyprussaid EIB Vice-President Kyriacos Kakouris. “This project will have a real and lasting impact on the daily lives of Cypriots — improving mobility, enhancing safety, and boosting climate resilience”.

    The EIB’s agreement supports a multiyear national plan by the Cypriot Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works. The plan includes a wide range of works, from upgrading motorways, regional and rural roads, and building new bridges, tunnels and walking and cycling lanes, to upgraded traffic management systems and drainage systems.

    “This new financing agreement with the EIB reflects our strong and long-standing partnership. It will allow us to implement essential infrastructure projects that enhance road safety, connectivity, and sustainable mobility across Cyprus. We are grateful for the EIB’s continued support and its role as a key partner in our development efforts”, said Cypriot Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos.

    The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, with the support of the European Investment Bank, promotes strategic land transport projects in urban and interurban areas, with the aim of improving accessibility in less privileged-isolated areas of Cyprus, enhancing road safety, addressing the impacts of climate change, promote alternative – sustainable travel options, as well as to improve the socio-economic cohesion of our island”, said Eleftherios Eleftheriou, Director of Public Works Department in his speech on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Alexis Vafeadis.

    EIB road financing in Cyprus

    With this new financing, total EIB’s investment in critical road projects in Cyprus has exceeded €670 million since 1998. Before the two recent €100m accords, the most recent EIB financing for this area in Cyprus was a 112 million loan in 2021 to support four projects in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos as well as the Vasilikos Energy Centre road.

    Background information  

    EIB 

    The European Investment Bank (ElB) is the long-term lending institution of the European Union, owned by its Member States. Built around eight core priorities, we finance investments that contribute to EU policy objectives by bolstering climate action and the environment, digitalisation and technological innovation, security and defence, cohesion, agriculture and bioeconomy, social infrastructure, high-impact investments outside the European Union, and the capital markets union.  

    The EIB Group, which also includes the European Investment Fund (EIF), signed nearly €89 billion in new financing for over 900 high-impact projects in 2024, boosting Europe’s competitiveness and security.  

    All projects financed by the EIB Group are in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, as pledged in our Climate Bank Roadmap. Almost 60% of the EIB Group’s annual financing supports projects directly contributing to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and a healthier environment.  

    Fostering market integration and mobilising investment, the Group supported a record of over €100 billion in new investment for Europe’s energy security in 2024 and mobilised €110 billion in growth capital for startups, scale-ups and European pioneers. Approximately half of the EIB’s financing within the European Union is directed towards cohesion regions, where per capita income is lower than the EU average.

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  • MIL-OSI: 2025 FIRST HALF RESULTS : MOBILIZE FINANCIAL SERVICES DELIVERS SOLID GROWTH

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

       
    PRESS RELEASE
     
    Paris, 31st July 2025 

     

     

    2025 FIRST HALF RESULTS :
    MOBILIZE FINANCIAL SERVICES DELIVERS SOLID GROWTH

    Mobilize Financial Services records a progression in new financing by 3.8% in the first semester of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. This performance reflects a rise in the average amount financed and the commercial dynamics of Renault Group’s brands, Nissan and Mitsubishi, supported by a robust growth in registrations.

    With a progression of pre-tax profit by 9.7%, Mobilize Financial Services confirms the relevance of its strategy and its commitment to more sustainable mobility, in line with new uses.

    This performance confirms Mobilize Financial Services’ ability to efficiently support the strategy of its automotive partners, while meeting the expectations of customers in quest of flexible and competitive financing solutions.

    KEY INDICATORS

    Commercial performance1

    • The amount of new financing progresses by 3.8% compared to the first semester of 2024, driven by a sustained commercial dynamic.
    • 632,994 contracts were financed in the first semester of 2025, a slight increase in volume compared to the same period of the previous year (+0.8%).
    • The penetration rate on electric vehicles reached 43.9% at the end of June 2025, a positive difference of 6.5 points compared to other motorization.

    Financial performance

    • The Average Performing Assets (APAs) register a growth of 7.3% compared to the end of June 2024, confirming the robustness of the portfolio.
    • The Net Banking Income progressed by 5.3% over one year, to reach 1,132 million euros in the first semester of 2025.
    • The pre-tax income of the group increased to 607 million euros, increasing by 9.7% compared to the first semester of 2024.

    In the beginning of the year 2025, we reaffirmed our ambition to support our customers as they transition to more sustainable mobility, by offering products and services in line with new uses. The half-year results support the robustness of our economic model and concretely illustrate our commitment to driving more responsible mobility, fully aligned with the ambitions of Renault Group”, declares Martin Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilize Financial Services.

    A SUSTAINED COMMERCIAL DYNAMIC, IN A RECOVERING MARKET

    In an automotive market with slight progression by 0.7%, the volumes of Renault Group, Nissan and Mitsubishi reached 1.19 million vehicles, increasing by 2.3% compared to the first semester of 2024. In this context, Mobilize Financial Services records a growth of its new financing by 3.8% (excluding cards and personal loans), for a total of 11.1 billion euros, driven by an increase in registrations and increases of the average financed amount.

    Excluding companies consolidated by equity method, the overall penetration rate stands at 39.6%, slightly down by 0.4 point compared to the same period of last year. The penetration rate on electrified vehicles, as for it, reaches 43.9% at the end of June 2025, +6.5 points compared to other types of motorization.

    In total, 632,994 new contracts were financed in the first semester of 2025, an almost stable volume (+0.8 %) compared to 2024. The financing activity of used vehicles recorded a slight decrease by 0.4% with 153,759 contracts financed.

    Benefitting from a growing operational leasing market, Mobilize Lease&Co financed in the first semester of 2025, 120,039 operational leasing contracts for private and professional customers and reached a fleet under management of 655,000 vehicles, representing a growth by 4% compared to the first semester of 2024.

    The Average Performing Assets (APAs) reached 58.9 billion euros, increasing by 7.3% compared to the first semester of 2024. APAs related to customer activity (private and professional) rose to 47.4 billion euros (+7%), whereas those related to dealership activity progressed by 8.6% to each 11.5 billion euros.

    Finally, 1.8 million insurance and service contracts were sold during the semester, confirming the relevance of the additional offers proposed by Mobilize Financial Services.

    A ROBUST FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND A DIVERSIFIED RE-FINANCING STRATEGY

    In the first semester of 2025, the Net Banking Income (NBI) of Mobilize Financial Services amounted to 1,132 million euros, increasing by 5.3 % compared to the end of 2024. This performance is mainly the result of an improvement in the financial margin as well as the growth of outstanding loans.

    The operating costs reached 389 million euros, increasing by 24 million euros compared to last year. This change is explained by the present of non-recurring items having reduced the expenses in the first semester of 2024. Reported to the Average Productive Assets, operating expenses remain stable at 1.33%.

    The pre-tax income stands at 607 million euros, against 553 million, one year earlier, a progression by 9.7 %, driven by the rise of NBI. The share of income from associate companies progressed slightly by +0.9 million euros.

    In a context marked by investor caution in the face of economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the group raised 1.3 billion euros on the bond market in the first semester of 2025. Three public issued were carried out:

    • 2 senior bonds in Euros of 850 million euros (3 years) and 500 million euros (5 years, Green Bond)
    • 1 Tier subordinated debt issue of 500 million euros

    This latest transaction enables expending the maturity profile of the subordinated debt and falls within an active capital management strategy, aiming to maintain a solid financial structure and robust safety margins. Besides, the subsidiaries of the group in Argentina, Brazil, Korea, Morocco and Poland raised a total of 500 million euros on local bond markets.
    In the securitization market, the group placed 624 million euros in automobile loan-backed securities via its German branch. Private securitization transactions in the United States (automobile loans) and in Germany (leasing) saw their revolving period extended by two years.

    Finally, the savings collection activity, launched in 2012 and present in seven European countries (France, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherland and Poland) continues to play a key role in the diversification of financing sources. The deposits collected reached 30.5 billion euros representing 49.1% of net assets at the end of June 2025.

    1 The factoring contracts for short-term rental companies were excluded from 2025 onwards. These contracts represented 32,000 contracts in the first half of 2024, representing a positive impact of 2.8 points on the penetration rate. A hypothetical calculated based on the 2024 figures.

    Press contacts

    William Servigne

    william.servigne@mobilize-fs.com

    Hopscotch PR for Mobilize Financial Services

    +33 (0)1 41 34 23 06

    mobilize@hopscotch.fr

    About Mobilize Financial Services

    Attentive to the needs of all its customers, Mobilize Financial Services, a subsidiary of Renault Group, creates innovative financial services to build sustainable mobility for all. Mobilize Financial Services, which began operations over 100 years ago, is the commercial brand of RCI Banque SA, a French bank specializing in automotive financing and services for customers and networks of Renault Group, and also for the brands Nissan and Mitsubishi in several countries. 

    With operations in 35 countries and over 4,000 employees, Mobilize Financial Services financed more than 1,2 million contracts (new and used vehicles) in 2023 and sold 3,7 million service contracts. 

    At the end of June 2025, average earning assets stood at58.9 billion euros of financing and the pre-tax income at 607 million Euros.

    Since 2012, the group has deployed deposits collecting activity in several countries. At the end of June 2025, the net amount of deposits collected represented 30.5 billion euros, representing 49.1% of the company’s net assets.

    To find out more about Mobilize Financial Services: www.mobilize-fs.com/

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  • MIL-OSI: Telnyx Supercharges European Voice AI with Paris GPU Edge, Breaking 200ms Latency Barrier

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    AUSTIN, Texas, July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Telnyx, the vertically integrated operator powering low-latency voice AI agents, today lit up a new GPU-accelerated Voice-AI Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Paris, France.

    By embedding its inference stack directly inside the same data halls as its pan‑European telephony core, Telnyx now delivers sub‑200 ms round-trip time (RTT) to end users across the continent. RTT, the time it takes for audio to travel from the end user to Telnyx and back, is critical for creating engaging conversations that don’t lag behind the flow of natural speech.

    “Latency is the silent killer of Voice AI,” said Ian Reither, COO of Telnyx. “Every millisecond counts. By colocating our GPU inference with our private backbone in Paris, we’re redefining what ‘real time’ means for European businesses. We shave off delay at its source and deliver voice AI experiences that feel instantaneous and lifelike, without your data ever leaving the region.”

    Built for speed, built for sovereignty

    By performing speech recognition, orchestration, and synthesis directly at the Paris PoP, audio never routes through a distant cloud, sharpening Telnyx’s edge in delivering high-impact Voice AI Agents to customers in Europe.

    Solutions like intelligent IVRs and fully conversational AI agents can reliably handle high-volumes in over 30 languages, while keeping all data and AI prompts within EU borders for full GDPR, DORA, and local retention compliance.

    Momentum that compounds

    The Paris launch caps a summer of rapid Voice AI innovation on the Telnyx platform, designed to give customers the fastest path from prototype to production.

    In-house NaturalHD neural voices to deliver lifelike speech synthesis, one-line web widgets that embed AI agents in minutes, a canary and versioning toolkit for safely A/B testing voice flows, and native MCP server mode for orchestrating complex multi-agent scenarios.

    Powering Europe’s next wave of real-time automation

    From retailers and fintechs to logistics operators and public-sector hotlines, businesses can now deploy compliant, human-like voice agents that route calls, verify transactions, and handle multilingual support quickly, eliminating trans-Atlantic backhaul delays and reducing dependence on costly legacy call centers.

    About Telnyx

    Telnyx is the full‑stack provider powering the future of intelligent, global communications. From private IP infrastructure and GPU‑accelerated inference to lifelike voices, orchestration tools, and carrier‑grade network services, Telnyx delivers everything enterprises need to build next‑generation voice and messaging applications at scale.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Canadian Cybercriminal Sentenced to One Year in Prison for NFT Theft Scheme

    Source: US FBI

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Canadian was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

    According to court documents, in May 2022, Cameron Albert Redman, 22, of Mississauga, Ontario, formed a scheme to steal non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by gaining unauthorized access to the X accounts of various digital artists. The conspirators used the artists’ online identities to direct the artists’ followers to fraudulent websites. There, victims would seek to claim new NFTs from the digital artists. Though victims thought they were authorizing a transaction to receive NFTs into their digital wallets, they unknowingly enabled the conspirators to remove cryptocurrency and NFTs from their wallets.

    Within a few days, Redman and his co-conspirators defrauded over 200 victims and profited over $794,000.

    Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Reid Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.

    The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance to secure the arrest and March 2025 extradition from Portugal of Redman. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cybercrime Investigation Team, Central Region, provided valuable assistance in this case.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Bedell prosecuted the case.

    A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-129.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Canadian Cybercriminal Sentenced to One Year in Prison for NFT Theft Scheme

    Source: US FBI

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Canadian was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

    According to court documents, in May 2022, Cameron Albert Redman, 22, of Mississauga, Ontario, formed a scheme to steal non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by gaining unauthorized access to the X accounts of various digital artists. The conspirators used the artists’ online identities to direct the artists’ followers to fraudulent websites. There, victims would seek to claim new NFTs from the digital artists. Though victims thought they were authorizing a transaction to receive NFTs into their digital wallets, they unknowingly enabled the conspirators to remove cryptocurrency and NFTs from their wallets.

    Within a few days, Redman and his co-conspirators defrauded over 200 victims and profited over $794,000.

    Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Reid Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.

    The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance to secure the arrest and March 2025 extradition from Portugal of Redman. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cybercrime Investigation Team, Central Region, provided valuable assistance in this case.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Bedell prosecuted the case.

    A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-129.

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  • MIL-OSI United Nations: ‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security

    Source: United Nations 2

    Mr. Thapa said that the motto of his presidency will be “Delivering Better,” which requires strengthening partnerships and multilateralism to achieve more effective implementation of initiatives, including the 2030 Agenda adopted 15 years ago.  

    “Delivering better is not an option — it is an imperative. It is our pathway to restoring trust in multilateralism, bridging divides, empowering the most vulnerable and translating commitments into action,” he said.  

    Four vice-presidents were also elected for the coming year: Amar Bendjama (Algeria), Héctor Gómez Hernández (Spain), Wellington Darío Bencosme Castaños (Dominican Republic) and Paruyr Hovhannisyan (Armenia).

    80 years of ECOSOC 

    The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for promoting international economic and social cooperation and development.

    It has 54 member States, elected by the General Assembly for three-year terms on a rotating basis, with seats distributed by region.

    ECOSOC coordinates the work of UN specialized agencies, commissions and bodies on issues ranging from sustainable development and human rights. It also serves as a central platform for fostering debate, forging consensus, and promoting action on global economic and social issues.

    For Mr. Thapa, this body is central to shaping the world’s development agenda and ensuring that no one is left behind.  

    “ECOSOC is our place. It needs dedication, participation and active engagement of all UN membership and stakeholders,” he said.  

    Five ways to deliver better

    While “delivering better” will be the motto of Mr. Thapa’s presidency, he outlined five specific areas upon which he and the Council will focus in the coming year.

    With over 735 million people worldwide experiencing hunger, his first priority area is transforming agriculture to strengthen rural resilience and end hunger.  

    Digital entrepreneurship and youth engagement are tied to this — and are his second priority area. He noted the “youth bulge” in many developing countries which he said will be a powerful demographic asset if it can be taken advantage of.  

    Like ECOSOC presidents before him, his third priority area deals with climate action and resilience. This time, however, he would like ECOSOC to focus specifically on glacier lakes and floods.  

    His final two priority areas are reforming the international financial architecture so that it is more inclusive and commemorating the 80th anniversary of ECOSOC.  

    Mr. Thapa noted that he and ECOSOC’s membership will be working to achieve these challenges in the midst of multiple, interlinking crises including accelerating climate change, rising geopolitical tensions and decreasing trust in the multilateral system.  

    “These challenges are systemic and interconnected. They demand integrated, inclusive and forward-looking responses,” Mr. Thapa said.  

    Fix, repair, mend

    Before Mr. Thapa’s remarks, Bob Rae, the outgoing president of ECOSOC and Canada’s Ambassador to the UN, reflected on his tenure. He acknowledged that the world is currently in a time of great hardship and genuine anguish.  

    But he said that it must be the job of ECOSOC — and UN Member States more broadly — to not only give voice to this anguish and hardship but to actually find solutions for it as well.  

    “We hear a lot in the UN discourse about how things are broken, how things have fallen apart, how things are unhinged … But our job is to fix, it’s to repair, it’s to mend, it’s to allow things to heal, it’s to make change happen,” Mr. Rae said.  

    Both Mr. Thapa and Mr. Rae affirmed that multilateralism can work and that ECOSOC should play a unique role in rewriting the narrative surrounding international cooperation.  

    “We must reaffirm our collective belief in the power of multilateralism — not as an abstract ideal, but as a pragmatic tool for delivering better outcomes for all,” Mr. Thapa said.  

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Services trade growth slows in first quarter of 2025

    Source: World Trade Organization

    Services exports in Europe and North America increased by only 3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, down from 8% and 11% respectively in the first quarter of 2024. In contrast, strong growth was sustained in Asia at 9%.

    The overall slowdown in services trade was mainly due to “Other commercial services,” a category that encompasses a wide variety of mostly digitally deliverable services ranging from financial to professional services (Chart 1). In 2024, “Other commercial services” accounted for some 60% of global services trade, with Europe contributing 40% of those exports (Chart 2).

    Chart 1: Commercial services trade growth by main sector, 2024Q1-2025Q1
    Year-on-year % change

    Note: Services trade measured as exports.
    Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates.

    Chart 2: Structure of world exports of commercial services, 2024
    % shares

    Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates.

    Chart 3 shows a deceleration across selected subsectors of “Other commercial services” in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period of 2024. Growth in “Other business services,” covering various professional, technical and trade-related services, as well as research and development services, moderated. The United States posted a subdued 4% year-on-year increase in “Other business services” following an 8% expansion in the same period of 2024. Exports by the European Union remained flat in US dollar terms, although they rose by 4% when measured in euros.

    Financial services exports grew by only 3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, reflecting reduced investment activity amid increased global economic uncertainty. The sector was also affected by exchange rate movements, which dampened US dollar-denominated growth. Exports from both the European Union and the United States rose just 2% year-on-year while Switzerland’s exports fell by 3%. The United Kingdom, on the contrary, posted a robust 10% year-on-year increase sustained by double digit growth in exports to the United States (+13%).

    Intellectual property related services expanded by 4% year-on-year in the first three months of 2025 in comparison with a 7% growth in the same quarter of 2024. Global trade in IP-related services remains highly concentrated, with the European Union and the United States accounting for nearly 70% of exports in 2024. EU exports, measured in US dollars, rose by just 3% year-on-year, held back by exchange rate volatility, despite stronger underlying growth of 6% in euro terms.

    Global construction exports fell by 15% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, reversing part of the strong 25% growth recorded during the same period in 2024. The decline reflects weaker performance across several key economies, including China (-25%), which alone accounted for over 28% of global construction exports in 2024, the Republic of Korea (-15%), and the European Union (-6%). The downturn in the first quarter likely reflects delayed investment due to uncertainty and rising costs.

    Computer services exports were only marginally affected by the broader slowdown, as strong global demand for artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and cybersecurity solutions continued to drive growth. This momentum is expected to persist, supported by ongoing business adaptation to new technologies and rising consumer preferences for digital services. During the period, India’s computer services exports grew by 13%, while Ireland recorded a 9% increase.

    Chart 3: Other commercial services exports by selected subsector, 2024 and Q1 2025
    Year-on-year % change

    Note: Sectors are ranked according to their relative share in services trade in 2024.
    Source: WTO estimates for Q1 2025 and Q1 2024; WTO-UNCTAD estimates for 2024.

     As for the other main sectors of commercial services, global transport exports were up 3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, following rapid growth especially in the third and fourth quarter of 2024 due to frontloading. Asia recorded the fastest growth, up 10%, driven by a 31% rise in China, while Singapore and the Republic of Korea posted modest gains of 2%. Payments for shipping services increased by 19% in South and Central America and the Caribbean, as demand for goods surged.

    Despite a difficult economic and geopolitical context, international travel expanded by 5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025. For the first time since the pandemic, international tourist arrivals were 3% above 2019 levels according to UN Tourism data. In Asia, travel receipts grew by 13%, driven by China (+96%), Viet Nam (+33%), Japan (+25%) and Thailand (+18%) as tourism continues to recover in the region. By contrast, North America’s travel receipts fell by 1%.

    Services trade performance varied across major traders in the first five months of 2025 according to available monthly statistics. Double digit exports growth was recorded in Asian economies such as China (+13%, through June), India (+12%) and Japan (+11%). In North America, the United States and Canada saw diverging trends. US service exports rose by 5%, while Canada recorded a 6% decline. The EU’s service exports to non-member countries rose by 3%, while imports from outside the Union grew more sharply, increasing by 6%. The United Kingdom recorded marked growth, with exports up 9% and imports rising by 13%.

    Chart 4: Services export and import growth of selected economies, January-May 2025
    Year-on-year % change

    Note: Statistics for Brazil, China and Pakistan refer to January-June.
    Source : National sources and Eurostat.

    Quarterly statistics are estimates as of time of publication and subject to frequent revisions. They are available for download at WTO Stats, as well as monthly statistics. Annual services trade data and related visualizations can be accessed at WTO | Statistics — Global Services Trade Data Hub and WTO | World Trade Statistics 2024.

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: ‘STEM for ALL’ : Thales Joins the Singapore-Industry Scholarship (SgIS) Programme

    Source: Thales Group

    Headline: ‘STEM for ALL’ : Thales Joins the Singapore-Industry Scholarship (SgIS) Programme

    • As a Sponsoring Organisation with SgIS, Thales will provide Singaporean undergraduate students scholarships in a comprehensive programme that includes internship, mentoring and a starting career with Thales.
    • With this initiative, Thales is extending its ‘STEM for ALL’ programme to Singapore, the first launch outside Europe, with its dedicated mission to advance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education amongst youth.
    • In its inaugural intake, four nominated scholars will undertake engineering or research roles in strategic sectors including air traffic management, public security, cybersecurity and digital identity, working within Thales businesses and research labs like the Thales Digital Factory.
    © Thales

    With engineers comprising one-third of Thales Singapore’s 2000+ employees, the Group has a strong interest in promoting STEM education and growing the next generation of engineering talent. On 29thJuly, Thales was proud to join SgIS as a Sponsorship Organisation at its launch event and to present awards to the scholars, aligning with the government’s mandate to develop young talent in Singapore’s strategic sectors.

    Established in 2012, SgIS is an initiative which partners government and industries to nurture a strong core of Singaporean talent in 16 strategic industries which include Aerospace & Aviation and Engineering. It is the only government-led, multi-industry scholarship under the Ministry of Education which provides talented Singaporean students access to close to 150 Sponsoring Organisations, giving them development opportunities as they further their studies and begin their professional careers.

    Throughout May and June, over 100 potential candidates with diverse skillsets were introduced to Thales by SgIS and invited to an Open Day to get to know Thales’ businesses. From this, over 40 were taken through rigorous technical assessments, following which 12 were further shortlisted for panel interviews with Thales experts and business leaders to further assess their technical expertise and leadership attributes.

    Four talented candidates from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) were the final recipients of the Thales award. Currently at different stages in their university education, the four students will progressively join the cybersecurity and digital identity, public security, air traffic management and Thales Digital Factory teams over the next 2 years.

    Expanding the Thales Group’s STEM for ALL Programme to Singapore

    In early 2025, Thales, through its endowment fund Thales Solidarity, launched its STEM for ALL programme in France and Belgium to foster vocation in scientific fields to remarkable young students.

    By partnering the SgIS programme, Thales is extending the Group’s ambition in endorsing STEM education worldwide by reinforcing academic excellence. Singapore is the first country outside of Europe to have a STEM scholarship programme under the STEM for ALL umbrella.

    “Thales recognises the essential role that science and technology play in furthering human progress and creating a world that is safer, greener and more sustainable. Many of the younger generation are passionate about making an impact and we are constantly looking for talented individuals, skilled in STEM, to help bring this ambition to life.” said Emily TAN, Country Director & Chief Executive, Thales in Singapore. “The scholars we selected have strong technical skills which we hope to nurture when they join the Thales family. I believe that their enthusiasm to learn, coupled with the mentorship opportunities and experiences within Thales, will provide a good starting point for their careers.”

    About Thales

    Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion.

    The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

    Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.

    About Thales in Singapore

    Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the growth of aerospace activities in Asia. Since then, it has grown to be a leading deep-tech company operating in the Aeronautics (including avionics and air traffic management), Defence, Public Security, Cybersecurity & Digital Identity sectors.

    Thales in Singapore runs global industrial operations for avionics and digital identity solutions and has a strong commitment to Research, Technology and Innovation, with Centres of Excellence for radars, naval drones, space, avionics, public security and defence. With over 2000 employees across four locations, Thales is actively supporting Singapore in driving its digital transformation and Smart Nation ambitions.

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Joint Statement on Iranian State Threat Activity in Europe and North America

    Source: Government of Canada News

    July 31, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada

    The following statement is released by the governments of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States:

    “Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States condemn the growing number of state threats from Iranian intelligence services in our respective territories.

    “We are united in our opposition to the attempts of Iranian intelligence services to kill, kidnap, and harass people in Europe and North America in clear violation of our sovereignty. These Services are increasingly collaborating with international criminal organisations to target journalists, dissidents, Jewish citizens, and current and former officials in Europe and North America. This is unacceptable.   

    “We consider these types of attacks, regardless of the target, as violations of our sovereignty. We are committed to working together to prevent these actions from happening and we call on the Iranian authorities to immediately put an end to such illegal activities in our respective territories.”

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Shark tales, a sinking city and a breathless cop thriller: what to watch in August

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University

    As the cool nights continue, it’s the perfect time to cozy up with a new batch of captivating films and series.

    This month’s streaming highlights bring a little bit of everything, from gripping true crime, to thought-provoking political drama, and a nostalgic music documentary on the life and times of piano man Billy Joel.

    So grab a blanket (and maybe a snack or two). Your next binge-watch awaits.

    One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

    Prime Video

    I remember seeing the gruesome 2022 murder of four college students in Moscow, Idaho, splashed all over the news in Australia. The world seemed momentarily gripped by the brutality of the killings, which happened in off-campus housing, while two other roommates slept downstairs.

    The ensuing investigation was given significantly less attention, though. So when Prime Video dropped this four-episode limited series, well, that was my weekend sorted.

    The docuseries features exclusive interviews with the friends and families of the victims, so it doesn’t feel gratuitous. It respectfully recounts the tragedy and explores its continued impact, while honouring the victims. It also builds the kind of tension and disquiet that is so beloved in the true crime genre, but not in a way that makes you feel gross watching it.

    Notably, legal proceedings for the case were still underway when One Night in Idaho was released. And the series made it clear there was more to the story which couldn’t be shared with, or by, the producers.

    However, the trial has since concluded, with more information now available for anyone wanting to dive deeper into the case. This makes the series an absorbing watch.

    – Alexa Scarlata

    The Night of the Hunter

    Various platforms

    In 1955, director Charles Laughton crafted The Night of the Hunter: one of the darkest, strangest fairy tales ever to come out of Hollywood.

    Shortly before Ben Harper is hanged for robbing a bank and killing two men, he hides the $10,000 loot in the toy doll of his young daughter Pearl. Only Pearl and her brother John know the secret – until the deranged serial killer-priest Harry Powell hears about the money and sets out to recover it.

    Harry marries Willa, Harper’s widow, and then, after killing her, pursues John and Pearl relentlessly across West Virginia.

    Robert Mitchum’s depiction of pure evil is one of cinema’s most vivid creations, with LOVE and HATE tattooed on the fingers of each hand.

    The film did not align with the mainstream tastes of the era. Audiences and reviewers didn’t know what to make of this abnormal mix of fairy tale logic, nightmarish imagery and biblical allegory.

    Successive generations of critics and filmmakers have caught on to its brilliance. Critic Roger Ebert said it was “one of the greatest of all American films”. In 2008, French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma voted it as the second-best film of all time, behind only Citizen Kane (1941).

    The Night of the Hunter remains unsettlingly modern, 70 years on.

    Ben McCann




    Read more:
    After 70 years, twisted gothic thriller The Night of the Hunter remains as disturbing and beguiling as ever


    Families Like Ours

    SBS On Demand

    The highest point in Denmark, Mollehoj, is 171 metres above sea level, so it is plausible to imagine the whole country being overrun by water due to rising sea levels, leading to mass evacuation. This is the basic premise of the Danish series Families Like Ours.

    The cleverness of this premise is that it turns comfortable middle-class Danes into refugees, facing hostility, poverty and violence as they seek to resettle. Given Denmark’s hard line on refugees, this makes the series politically powerful, equally so for us in Australia.

    The central figure is a young woman, Laura (Amaryllis August), who creates disaster for her family through what she believes is an act of huge empathy. The same is true of Henrik (Magnus Millang), who shoots an innocent man in what he believes is an act of self-defence.

    Families Like Ours is not a comfortable series to watch, but it manages to raise central issues of our time, without ever seeming didactic or preachy. It succeeds in combining the personal and the political in a six-part show that is powerful – and leaves enough loose ends for a potential second season.

    – Dennis Altman

    The Man from Hong Kong

    Various platforms

    A cinematic firecracker of a film exploded onto international screens 50 years ago, blending martial arts mayhem, Bond-esque set pieces, casual racism – and a distinctly Australian swagger.

    From its audacious visual style; to its complex, life-threatening stunts; to its pioneering status as an international co-production, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s The Man from Hong Kong has solidified its place as a cult classic.

    A Sydney-based crime lord’s activities come under the scrutiny of a determined Hong Kong detective, Inspector Fang Sing Leng. A fiery East-meets-West martial arts showdown explodes across the Australian landscape, pushing both sides to their limits.

    The movie is a playful pastiche that confidently combines martial arts action, police procedurals, spy thrillers, and Westerns, all filtered through a distinctly Australian “crash-zoom” lens.

    The film was an influence to Quentin Tarantino and paved the way for films such as Mad Max (1979), particularly in what Trenchard-Smith and his partner in film, stunt legend Grant Page, might call its “cunning stunts”.

    The elaborate car chases and explosive stunt setups in The Man from Hong Kong served as prototypes for iconic sequences that would inspire the Mad Max films, among others, a testament to a bygone era of practical effects and thrill seeking audacity.

    The Man from Hong Kong remains an exhilarating piece of pure cinema, despite its relatively small budget. It’s an exemplar (and occasional cautionary tale) for filmmakers in terms of international co-production, its cunning stunts, and genre blending.

    – Gregory Ferris




    Read more:
    The Man from Hong Kong at 50: how the first ever Australian–Hong Kong co-production became a cult classic


    Dept Q

    Netflix

    Based on the book series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dept Q is a gripping television adaptation for fans of Nordic noir and British crime drama.

    In Edinburgh, Scotland, Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) has returned to work after a shooting which left him physically and psychologically wounded, his colleague partially paralysed, and another colleague dead.

    With the dregs of a budget assigned to cold cases, and a team of misfit officers, Morck sets out to solve the four-year-old case of missing Crown prosecutor, Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie).

    We follow Merritt’s story across various stages of her life. We see her as a teenager in the lead-up to a devastating crime that left her brother with a traumatic brain injury, as well as later in life, when she loses a major case involving a wealthy man on trial for his wife’s death.

    Shortly after the devastating verdict, Merritt went missing on a ferry ride to her childhood home, on the fictionalised island of Mhòr. Returning to the present, we see she has been held captive inside a hyperbaric chamber for the past four years.

    The pressure under which Merritt is kept makes Morck’s investigation high stakes from the start, while the movement between past and present highlights the impacts of past traumatic events on both characters.

    Dept Q is a fast-paced, breathless thriller which will leave viewers craving its rumoured second season.

    – Jessica Gildersleeve

    Billy Joel: And So It Goes

    HBO Max

    Produced by Tom Hanks, this two-part documentary about singer/songwriter Billy Joel covers more than five decades of music. Created very much from Joel’s perspective, who is also the main narrator, the archival content is fascinating, and the music difficult to deny.

    Discussion of Joel’s early suicide attempts are a shocking and terrible reminder of how different things might have been. From here, the role of the women in his life – his wives, daughters, and mother (“his champion”) – becomes vital. Beyond the headlines (particularly with his second wife Christie Brinkley), are partners who were muses, business supporters and emotional support pillars – some of whom gave Joel ultimatums when the time came to battle his alcohol addiction.

    Brinkley, as well as Joel’s first wife, Elizabeth Weber, are particularly moving interviewees. They would wait at home, or stand nervously backstage as Joel “went to work” to earn, repair and rebuild against the odds. No spoilers, but let’s just say Joel ended up in trouble more than once.

    On the other hand, the men in Joel’s life are often distant: Jewish grandparents who escaped Nazi Germany; a father who left when Joel was small; a half-brother discovered later in life. These losses are never really healed.

    Billy Joel: And So It Goes is a five-hour epic, a story of survival and ultimately, of peace. It is, of course, also a reminder of an incredible catalogue of music – joyful, ordinary and wonderful – and the extraordinary life behind it.

    – Liz Giuffre

    If you or someone you know needs help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14

    Gardening Australia, season 36

    ABC iView

    Since it first aired in 1990, Gardening Australia has offered tips and inspiration from every state and territory on a weekly basis. A perennial favourite, the show seems to possess perpetual appeal for world-weary viewers open to slowing down by growing plants.

    The no-nonsense host Peter Cundall helmed the series until 2008 (Cundall died in 2021 at the age of 94). The honour of “King of Compost” now rests with the gregarious Costa Georgiadis, and a wider cast of presenters that has expanded to be more diverse and engaging. One stalwart from the start, Jane Edmanson, is still flourishing in season 36: her episode 4 segment titled “Fronds with Benefits” certainly caught my eye.

    Topics covered this season range from small-space innovation and passion projects, to Indigenous knowledge and bush foods, through to permaculture and climate change. Episodes 6 and 20 – specials on native plants and NAIDOC Week, respectively – are both worth a watch.

    While the series can distance renters, and might not be edgy enough for younger audiences, it has managed to stake out ground in the digital realm – with a blooming online presence for budding green thumbs.

    One of the longest-running Australian shows still on air, it doesn’t look as though Gardening Australia will be pulling up roots anytime soon.

    – Phoebe Hart

    The Buccaneers, season two

    Apple TV

    Loosen your corsets, The Buccaneers is back for a second season of feminist sisterhood and fabulous gowns.

    Adapted from Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel, the series follows a group of outspoken young American women navigating the marriage market in 1870s Victorian England. Gleefully anachronistic with feisty girl power speeches and a contemporary pop music soundtrack, The Buccaneers is equal parts Bridgerton and Gossip Girl (complete with a character played by Leighton Meester).

    Season two picks up where the first left off, with Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse) and Guy (Matthew Broome) fleeing the country to escape Jinny’s violent husband Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick).

    Meanwhile, sister Nan (Kristine Froseth) is busy back home leveraging her position as Duchess of Tintagel to help facilitate Jinny’s return – a campaign that includes wearing a showstopping red gown to a black and white ball. In keeping with the series’ M.O., this might be narrative nonsense, but it looks exquisite.

    While trysts and love triangles continue to provide escapist entertainment, Jinny’s abusive marriage dominates later episodes. If season one sought to expose the isolation and entrapment Jinny endured in her marriage, season two foregrounds her resistance in the face of it, intent on highlighting how perpetrators of violence manipulate legal and medical systems to tighten the noose around victims’ necks.

    Season two’s veering between frothy excess and melodrama arguably results in some tonal patchiness. Nonetheless, it should be commended for its careful treatment of the corrosive impacts and dangers of coercive control. This – more than the downloadable soundtrack and dazzling costumes – makes it good viewing.

    – Rachel Williamson

    Dangerous Animals

    Prime Video

    Dangerous Animals is perhaps the most original and entertaining shark horror film we have seen since Jaws – incorporating traditional elements of the shark thriller genre, while challenging them at the same time.

    The film starts with the primal fear of being eaten alive by monstrous sharks, with gruesome shock-thrill scenes of tourists being torn apart in a blood red ocean.

    But later, the narrative reminds us it is the boat captain, not the great white, who is the real sadistic killer. Predictably, we see a young bikini-clad woman who gets horribly dismembered (just like the first unforgettable victim in Jaws).

    However, it is also a fearless bikini-clad woman, Zephyr (Hassie Harrison) who turns the tables on the boat captain, outwits him, rescues her boyfriend and even makes friends with the shark.

    Dangerous Animals includes some interesting subtext and commentary, such as when it compares women to fish – creatures hunted for sport – and when it highlights the inherent cruelty of fishing, and the hook that impales the prey.

    The film delivers sophisticated special effects and gruesome eco-horror entertainment. It is a fun, self-aware and postmodern watch that will leave you thinking.

    The Australian influence is delightfully evident in the irreverent humour. And for anyone who has been to the Gold Coast, there is much pleasure in seeing the film play out across its iconic locations.

    This film will trigger your childhood fear of Jaws – but with a twist.

    – Susan Hopkins

    Shark Whisperer

    Netflix

    In Shark Whisperer, the great white shark gets an image makeover – from Jaws villain to misunderstood friend and admirer.

    However the star of the documentary is not so much the shark, but the model and marine conservationist Ocean Ramsey (yes, that’s her real name).

    The film centres on Ramsey’s self-growth journey, with the shark co-starring as a quasi-spiritual medium for finding meaning and purpose (not to mention celebrity status).

    Whisperer and the Ocean Ramsey website tap into the collective fascination with dangerous sharks fuelled by popular culture. Many online images show Ramsey in a bikini or touching sharks – she’s small, and vulnerable in the face of great whites. As with forms of celebrity humanitarianism, what I have dubbed “sexy conservationism” leaves itself open to criticism about its methods – even if its intentions are good.

    Globally at least 80 million sharks are killed every year. Thanks in part to the hashtag activism of Ocean Ramsey and her millions of fans and followers, Hawaii was the first state in the United States to outlaw shark fishing.

    So, Ramsey may be right to argue her ends justify the means.

    – Susan Hopkins




    Read more:
    Netflix’s Shark Whisperer wants us to think ‘sexy conservation’ is the way to save sharks – does it have a point?


    The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    ref. Shark tales, a sinking city and a breathless cop thriller: what to watch in August – https://theconversation.com/shark-tales-a-sinking-city-and-a-breathless-cop-thriller-what-to-watch-in-august-261952

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  • MIL-OSI: Flow Traders 2Q 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Flow Traders 2Q 2025 Results

    Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Flow Traders Ltd. (Euronext: FLOW) announces its unaudited 2Q 2025 results.

    Highlights

    • Flow Traders recorded Net Trading Income of €143.4m and Total Income of €143.9m in 2Q25, an increase of 80% and 89% when compared to €79.5m and €76.2m in 2Q24, respectively.
    • Flow Traders’ ETP Value Traded increased by 42% in 2Q25 to €492bn from €347bn in 2Q24.
    • Fixed Operating Expenses were €49.8m in the quarter, an increase of 15% when compared to the €43.1m in 2Q24, due mostly to increased Employee and Other expenses.
    • Total Operating Expenses were €76.0m in 2Q25, an increase of 40% when compared to the €54.3m in 2Q24, due mostly to higher variable employee expenses.
    • EBITDA was €68.0m in the quarter, an increase of 210% when compared to €21.9m in 2Q24. EBITDA margin was 47% in 2Q25 vs. 29% in 2Q24.
    • Net Profit came in at €51.3m in 2Q25, yielding a basic EPS of €1.18 and diluted EPS of €1.16, a 295% increase compared to a Net Profit of €13.0m, basic EPS of €0.30, and diluted EPS of €0.29 in 2Q24.
    • Trading Capital stood at €831m at the end of 2Q25, a 33% and 4% increase from €624m and €803m at the end of 2Q24 and 1Q25, respectively, and generated a 75% return on average trading capital1.
    • Shareholders’ equity was €821m at the end of 2Q25, compared to €638m at the end of 2Q24 and €787m at the end of 1Q25.
    • Flow Traders employed 607 FTEs at the end of 2Q25, compared to 594 at the end of 2Q24 and 619 at the end of 1Q25.

    Leadership Update

    In a separate release today, Flow Traders announced that Thomas Spitz will join Flow Traders on 1 September 2025 and be nominated as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Flow Traders Board, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Thomas will be responsible for executing Flow Traders’ strategic agenda, which includes the Company’s growth and diversification strategy and Trading Capital Expansion Plan.

    Financial Overview

    €million 2Q25 2Q24 Change 1H25 1H24 Change
    Net trading income 143.4 79.5 80% 283.6 206.6 37%
    Other income 0.5 (3.3) (4.6) (0.8)
    Total income 143.9 76.2 89% 279.0 205.8 36%
    Revenue by region2            
    Europe 78.7 48.6 62% 158.6 117.0 35%
    Americas 30.2 13.4 125% 41.7 54.7 (24%)
    Asia 35.1 14.2 147% 78.8 34.1 131%
    Fixed employee expenses 23.4 20.4 15% 47.7 41.1 16%
    Technology expenses 16.8 16.8 0% 34.2 32.6 5%
    Other expenses 9.5 5.9 61% 18.6 13.6 37%
    Fixed operating expenses 49.8 43.1 15% 100.5 87.2 15%
    Variable employee expenses 26.2 11.2 134% 48.2 35.0 38%
    Total operating expenses 76.0 54.3 40% 148.7 122.2 22%
    EBITDA 68.0 21.9 210% 130.3 83.6 56%
    Interest expenses 0.4 0.1 321% 0.9 0.1 738%
    Lease expenses 0.5 0.6 (21%) 1.0 1.1 (15%)
    Depreciation & amortisation 5.0 4.4 13% 9.7 8.7 12%
    (Reversal of) Impairment of intangible assets3 (2.5) N/A 8.0 N/A
    Profit/(loss) on equity-accounted investments (1.1) (0.2) 359% (2.9) (0.6) 369%
    Profit before tax 63.5 16.6 283% 107.8 73.0 48%
    Tax expense 12.3 3.6 238% 20.3 14.2 43%
    Net profit 51.3 13.0 295% 87.5 58.8 49%
    Basic EPS4 (€) 1.18 0.30 293% 2.01 1.36 49%
    Fully diluted EPS4 (€) 1.16 0.29 294% 1.98 1.33 49%
    EBITDA margin 47% 29%   47% 41%  

    Revenue by Region

    €million 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23 1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25
    Europe 33.1 33.6 42.6 68.4 48.6 70.2 86.9 79.9 78.7
    Americas 9.3 22.0 18.1 41.3 13.4 20.8 18.2 11.4 30.2
    Asia 9.0 12.1 13.6 19.9 14.2 23.6 53.8 43.7 35.1

    Value Traded Overview

    €billion 2Q25 2Q24 Change 1H25 1H24 Change
    Flow Traders ETP Value Traded 492 347 42% 999 755 32%
    Europe 220 147 49% 465 300 55%
    Americas 233 177 32% 446 406 10%
    Asia 39 23 71% 88 50 76%
    Flow Traders non-ETP Value Traded 1200 1,132 6% 2,418 2,278 6%
    Flow Traders Value Traded 1,692 1,479 14% 3,417 3,034 13%
    Equity 918 754 22% 1,928 1,573 23%
    FICC 680 677 0% 1,305 1369 (5%)
    Other 94 48 98% 184 92 99%
    Market ETP Value Traded5 16,509 11,014 50% 30,934 22,993 35%
    Europe 835 583 43% 1,717 1,178 45%
    Americas 13,214 9,090 45% 24,278 19,054 27%
    Asia 2,460 1,341 83% 4,938 2,761 79%
    Asia ex China 632 444 42% 1,277 883 45%

    Trading Capital

      2Q23 3Q23 4Q23 1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25
    Trading Capital (€m) 574 585 584 609 624 668 775 803 831
    Return on Avg Trading Capital1 65% 56% 49% 50% 58% 62% 69% 68% 75%
    Average VIX7 16.7 15.1 15.4 13.9 14.2 17.1 17.3 18.5 23.6

    Market Environment

    Europe

    Equity trading volumes in the quarter across major exchanges saw low double-digit percentage point increases when compared to the same period a year ago, but declined slightly compared to the first quarter. Market volatility increased by mid double-digit percentage points when compared to both the same period a year ago and low double-digits compared to the first quarter. However, a substantial portion of the increase in market activity, in terms of both volume and volatility, was seen in the first half of April, with activity returning to more normal levels in May and June.

    Within Fixed Income, market trading volumes increased compared to the same period a year ago but declined when compared to the first quarter.

    Americas

    Equity trading volumes in the U.S. increased by low double-digit percentage points when compared to the same period a year ago, and high single-digits to low double-digits when compared to the first quarter. Market volatility increased by high double-digit percentage points year-on-year and low double-digits quarter-on-quarter.

    Within Fixed Income, market trading volumes increased slightly when compared to the same period a year ago, but declined slightly when compared to the first quarter. Market volatility was relatively flat both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.

    Asia

    Equity trading volumes in Asia were mixed as Hong Kong and China saw significant increases when compared to the same period a year ago, but slight declines when compared to the first quarter, while Japan saw slight increases both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter. Market volatility increased in Hong Kong and China when compared to the same period a year ago and was relatively flat when compared to the first quarter. Japan saw an increase in volatility both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.

    Digital Assets

    Within Digital Assets, which trades across regions on a 24/7 basis, trading volumes in cryptocurrencies saw a slight increase when compared to the same period a year ago but a meaningful decline when compared to the first quarter. Volatility decreased meaningfully both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.

    Outlook

    Fixed operating expenses guidance for the year remains unchanged and is expected to be in the range of €190-210m given additional technology investments and targeted additions of subject matter experts in growth areas, partially offset by expected operational efficiency gains.

    CEO Statement

    Mike Kuehnel, CEO
    “Flow Traders posted another strong set of results in the second quarter, delivering the fourth straight quarter of triple-digit NTI for the first time in the Company’s history. In addition, the fifth triple-digit NTI quarter in the last six quarters serves as strong validation of our growth and diversification strategy. The Company was able to deliver solid results through periods of mostly below average market volatility throughout most of 2024 with strong contributions from Digital Assets. We then had strong contributions from Asia in the second half of 2024, and now from Europe and the Americas in the first half of 2025. We continue to reap the rewards of our eight-year investment into Digital Assets as it has proven to be a dependable countercyclical offset to the traditional asset classes.

    The second quarter saw a sharp increase in volatility in traditional asset classes, particularly in Equity, after nearly two years of relatively muted activity. While the rebound in volumes and volatility we saw in early April was not nearly as extreme and was relatively short-lived when compared to COVID, we were able to leverage the additional profits retained as part of the Trading Capital Expansion Plan. We were able to capture the opportunities that arose and record one of the best months ever in the Company’s history. The return of market activity on the back of continued record ETP fund inflows around the world drove improved performance across all regions, particularly in the Americas and Asia. We are especially excited about the significant opportunity in China, where trading volumes have doubled vs. a year ago and is now two-to-three times the volumes seen in Europe.

    In Digital Assets, trading volumes declined quarter-on-quarter as traditional asset classes garnered more attention given the tariff news headlines. Nevertheless, we continue to see positive sentiment shifts as institutional interests grow amidst a more conducive regulatory environment. The ecosystem around digital assets continues to expand, as evidenced by a raft of digital asset-related IPOs. We are particularly excited about the regulatory approval of AllUnity, our partnership with DWS and Galaxy Digital, which will launch a MiCAR-compliant Euro-denominated stablecoin later this year. As one of the earliest adopters of digital assets, Flow Traders remains instrumental in providing liquidity to this asset class and helping to expand the ecosystem.

    Looking forward, I am proud of what we have achieved at Flow Traders over my tenure. The Company remains committed to enhancing its trading capabilities by strategically investing in cutting-edge technology and talent. The strong return on trading capital over the last 12 months validates the strategic decision taken last July to retain more profits to reinvest back into the business. I’m certain that the combination of improving and expanding the Company’s trading capabilities and growing the trading capital base will undoubtedly accelerate the growth of Flow Traders in the years to come.”

    Preliminary Financial Calendar

    30 October 2025                3Q25 Trading Update

    Analyst Conference Call and Webcast

    The 2Q25 trading update analyst conference call will be held at 10:00 am CEST on Thursday 31 July 2025. The presentation can be downloaded at https://www.flowtraders.com/investors/results-centre and the conference call can be followed via a listen-only audio webcast. A replay of the conference call will be available on the company website for at least 90 days.

    Contact Details

    Flow Traders Ltd.

    Investors / Media
    Eric Pan
    Phone:         +31 20 7996799
    Email:        investor.relations@flowtraders.com

    About Flow Traders

    Flow Traders is a leading trading firm providing liquidity in multiple asset classes, covering all major exchanges. Founded in 2004, Flow Traders is a leading global ETP market marker and has leveraged its expertise in trading European equity ETPs to expand into fixed income, commodities, digital assets and FX globally. Flow Traders’ role in financial markets is to ensure the availability of liquidity and enabling investors to continue to buy or sell financial instruments under all market circumstances, thereby ensuring markets remain resilient and continue to function in an orderly manner. In addition to its trading activities, Flow Traders has established a strategic investment unit focused on fostering market innovation and aligned with our mission to bring greater transparency and efficiency to the financial ecosystem. With over two decades of experience, we have built a team of over 600 talented professionals, located globally, contributing to the firm’s entrepreneurial culture and delivering the company’s mission.

    Notes

    1. Return on average trading capital defined as LTM NTI divided by the average of the prior and current end of period trading capital.
    2. Revenue by region includes NTI, Other Income, and inter-company revenue.
    3. There was a €2.5m reversal in 2Q25 of the €10.5m impairment of intangible assets in 1Q25.
    4. Weighted average shares outstanding: 2Q25 – 43,565,347; 1Q25 – 43,394,080; 2Q24 – 43,270,311.
    5. Determined by adjusting the basic EPS for the effects of all dilutive share-based payments to employees.
    6. Source – Flow Traders analysis.
    7. Starting in 3Q24, average VIX is calculated as the average of VIX daily closing prices.

    Important Legal Information

    This press release is prepared by Flow Traders Ltd. and is for information purposes only. It is not a recommendation to engage in investment activities and you must not rely on the content of this document when making any investment decisions. The information in this document does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice and is not to be regarded as investor marketing or marketing of any security or financial instrument, or as an offer to buy or sell, or as a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell, securities or financial instruments.

    The information and materials contained in this press release are provided ‘as is’ and Flow Traders Ltd. or any of its affiliates (“Flow Traders”) do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information and materials and expressly disclaim liability for any errors or omissions. This press release is not intended to be, and shall not constitute in any way a binding or legal agreement, or impose any legal obligation on Flow Traders. All intellectual property rights, including trademarks, are those of their respective owners. All rights reserved. All proprietary rights and interest in or connected with this publication shall vest in Flow Traders. No part of it may be redistributed or reproduced without the prior written permission of Flow Traders.

    This press release may include forward-looking statements, which are based on Flow Traders’ current expectations and projections about future events, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. Words such as “may”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “project”, “believe”, “could”, “hope”, “seek”, “plan”, “foresee”, “aim”, “objective”, “potential”, “goal” “strategy”, “target”, “continue” and similar expressions or their negatives are used to identify these forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future whether or not outside the control of Flow Traders. Such factors may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no undue reliance should be placed on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as at the date at which they are made. Flow Traders expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law.

    Financial objectives are internal objectives of Flow Traders to measure its operational performance and should not be read as indicating that Flow Traders is targeting such metrics for any particular fiscal year. Flow Traders’ ability to achieve these financial objectives is inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond Flow Traders’ control, and upon assumptions with respect to future business decisions that are subject to change. As a result, Flow Traders’ actual results may vary from these financial objectives, and those variations may be material.

    Efficiencies are net, before tax and on a run-rate basis, i.e. taking into account the full-year impact of any measure to be undertaken before the end of the period mentioned. The expected operating efficiencies and cost savings were prepared on the basis of a number of assumptions, projections and estimates, many of which depend on factors that are beyond Flow Traders’ control. These assumptions, projections and estimates are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and actual results may differ, perhaps materially, from those projected. Flow Traders cannot provide any assurance that these assumptions are correct and that these projections and estimates will reflect Flow Traders’ actual results of operations.

    By accepting this document you agree to the terms set out above. If you do not agree with the terms set out above please notify legal.amsterdam@nl.flowtraders.com immediately and delete or destroy this document.

    All results published in this release are unaudited.

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  • MIL-OSI: NOMINATION OF THOMAS SPITZ AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NOMINATION OF THOMAS SPITZ AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Flow Traders Ltd. (Euronext: FLOW) announces the nomination of Thomas Spitz as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Board.

    Thomas Spitz will join Flow Traders on 1 September 2025 and is nominated as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Board, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Thomas will be responsible for executing Flow Traders’ strategic agenda, which includes the Company’s growth and diversification strategy and Trading Capital Expansion Plan.

    Mr. Spitz is a distinguished senior financial markets executive with over two decades of experience building and leading world-class trading operations across markets globally. He possesses both the technical knowledge and the innovation mindset needed to further drive Flow Traders’ strategic agenda. Mr. Spitz has a proven track record of leading trading, sales and research organizations, managing diverse international teams, and driving significant growth. His expertise extends to managing stakeholder relationships across all layers of an organization and building strategic partnerships.

    Prior to joining Flow Traders, Mr. Spitz was the CEO of QuantCube Middle East, a technology firm specializing in alternative data and analytics. He also served as Head of Global Markets at First Abu Dhabi Bank from 2022 to 2024. Before that, Thomas spent more than 20 years at Crédit Agricole, in several leadership roles across all asset classes. He last held the role of Head of Global Markets Trading, FICC & EQD. Thomas comes with long-standing international experience, having managed teams in over 15 countries.

    The Board of Flow Traders has nominated Mr. Spitz for election as Executive Director of the Board at a Special General Meeting of shareholders scheduled to take place later this year. The convening notice, agenda and other documentation relating to the meeting will be published in due course.

    Rudolf Ferscha, Chairman of the Board, commented:
    “We are pleased that Thomas is joining Flow Traders as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Board. He brings a wealth of experience leading trading, sales and research organizations at global financial institutions while driving growth through innovative business strategies. We are confident that he will excel at executing our strategic agenda and lead Flow Traders into its next phase of growth.

    On behalf of the entire Board I would also like to thank Mike Kuehnel, whose term has been extended to 31 August, for his leadership at Flow Traders over the past four years and for supporting and assisting the Board throughout the additional transition period since our AGM in June. This allows for a seamless transition, both at the CEO and Board level. We wish Mike every success in all his future endeavors”

    Thomas Spitz, added:
    “I am honored and excited to be nominated as the next CEO of Flow Traders. I see tremendous opportunities given the extraordinary capabilities the Company has built over the past two decades. I look forward to meeting the team and together expand our market leadership, drive our strategic growth agenda, and provide exceptional value to all of our stakeholders.”

    Contact Details
    Flow Traders Ltd.

    Investors / Media
    Eric Pan
    Phone:         +31 20 7996799
    Email:                investor.relations@flowtraders.com

    About Flow Traders
    Flow Traders is a leading trading firm providing liquidity in multiple asset classes, covering all major exchanges. Founded in 2004, Flow Traders is a leading global ETP market maker and has leveraged its expertise in trading European equity ETPs to expand into fixed income, commodities, digital assets and FX globally. Flow Traders’ role in financial markets is to ensure the availability of liquidity and enabling investors to continue to buy or sell financial instruments under all market circumstances, thereby ensuring markets remain resilient and continue to function in an orderly manner. In addition to its trading activities, Flow Traders has established a strategic investment unit focused on fostering market innovation and aligned with our mission to bring greater transparency and efficiency to the financial ecosystem. With over two decades of experience, we have built a team of over 600 talented professionals, located globally, contributing to the firm’s entrepreneurial culture and delivering the company’s mission.

    Important Legal Information

    This press release is prepared by Flow Traders Ltd. and is for information purposes only. It is not a recommendation to engage in investment activities and you must not rely on the content of this document when making any investment decisions. The information in this document does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice and is not to be regarded as investor marketing or marketing of any security or financial instrument, or as an offer to buy or sell, or as a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell, securities or financial instruments.

    The information and materials contained in this press release are provided ‘as is’ and Flow Traders Ltd. or any of its affiliates (“Flow Traders”) do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information and materials and expressly disclaim liability for any errors or omissions. This press release is not intended to be, and shall not constitute in any way a binding or legal agreement, or impose any legal obligation on Flow Traders. All intellectual property rights, including trademarks, are those of their respective owners. All rights reserved. All proprietary rights and interest in or connected with this publication shall vest in Flow Traders. No part of it may be redistributed or reproduced without the prior written permission of Flow Traders.

    This press release may include forward-looking statements, which are based on Flow Traders’ current expectations and projections about future events, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. Words such as “may”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “project”, “believe”, “could”, “hope”, “seek”, “plan”, “foresee”, “aim”, “objective”, “potential”, “goal” “strategy”, “target”, “continue” and similar expressions or their negatives are used to identify these forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future whether or not outside the control of Flow Traders. Such factors may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no undue reliance should be placed on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as at the date at which they are made. Flow Traders expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law.

    Financial objectives are internal objectives of Flow Traders to measure its operational performance and should not be read as indicating that Flow Traders is targeting such metrics for any particular fiscal year. Flow Traders’ ability to achieve these financial objectives is inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond Flow Traders’ control, and upon assumptions with respect to future business decisions that are subject to change. As a result, Flow Traders’ actual results may vary from these financial objectives, and those variations may be material.

    Efficiencies are net, before tax and on a run-rate basis, i.e. taking into account the full-year impact of any measure to be undertaken before the end of the period mentioned. The expected operating efficiencies and cost savings were prepared on the basis of a number of assumptions, projections and estimates, many of which depend on factors that are beyond Flow Traders’ control. These assumptions, projections and estimates are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and actual results may differ, perhaps materially, from those projected. Flow Traders cannot provide any assurance that these assumptions are correct and that these projections and estimates will reflect Flow Traders’ actual results of operations.

    By accepting this document you agree to the terms set out above. If you do not agree with the terms set out above please notify legal.amsterdam@nl.flowtraders.com immediately and delete or destroy this document.

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan

    Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University

    When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world – the devastation of Gaza and the Taliban’s draconian rule in Afghanistan – Arab and Muslim states have been staggeringly ineffective.

    Their chief body, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in particular, has been strong on rhetoric but very short on serious, tangible action.

    The OIC, headquartered in Saudi Arabia, is composed of 57 predominantly Muslim states. It is supposed to act as a representative and consultative body and make decisions and recommendations on the major issues that affect Muslims globally. It calls itself the “collective voice of the Muslim world”.

    Yet the body has proved to be toothless in the face of Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza, triggered in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7 2023.

    The OIC has equally failed to act against the Taliban’s reign of terror in the name of Islam in ethnically diverse Afghanistan.

    Many strong statements

    Despite its projection of a united umma (the global Islamic community, as defined in my coauthored book Islam Beyond Borders), the OIC has ignominiously been divided on Gaza and Afghanistan.

    True, it has condemned Israel’s Gaza operations. It’s also called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the starving population of the strip.

    It has also rejected any Israeli move to depopulate and annex the enclave, as well as the West Bank. These moves would render the two-state solution to the long-running Israeli–Palestinian conflict essentially defunct.

    Further, the OIC has welcomed the recent joint statement by the foreign ministers of 28 countries (including the United Kingdom, many European Union members and Japan) calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as well as France’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine.

    The OIC is good at putting out statements. However, this approach hasn’t varied much from that of the wider global community. It is largely verbal, and void of any practical measures.

    What the group could do for Gaza

    Surely, Muslim states can and should be doing more.

    For example, the OIC has failed to persuade Israel’s neighbouring states – Egypt and Jordan, in particular – to open their border crossings to allow humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza, the West Bank or Israel, in defiance of Israeli leaders.

    Nor has it been able to compel Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to suspend their relations with the Jewish state until it agrees to a two-state solution.

    Further, the OIC has not adopted a call by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, for Israel to be suspended from the UN.

    Nor has it urged its oil-rich Arab members, in particular Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to harness their resources to prompt US President Donald Trump to halt the supply of arms to Israel and pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war.

    Stronger action on Afghanistan, too

    In a similar vein, the OIC has failed to exert maximum pressure on the ultra-extremist and erstwhile terrorist Taliban government in Afghanistan.

    Since sweeping back into power in 2021, the Taliban has ruled in a highly repressive, misogynist and draconian fashion in the name of Islam. This is not practised anywhere else in the Muslim world.

    In December 2022, OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha called for a global campaign to unite Islamic scholars and religious authorities against the Taliban’s decision to ban girls from education.

    But this was superseded a month later, when the OIC expressed concern over the Taliban’s “restrictions on women”, but asked the international community not to “interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs”. This was warmly welcomed by the Taliban.

    In effect, the OIC – and therefore most Muslim countries – have adopted no practical measures to penalise the Taliban for its behaviour.

    It has not censured the Taliban nor imposed crippling sanctions on the group. And while no Muslim country has officially recognised the Taliban government (only Russia has), most OIC members have nonetheless engaged with the Taliban at political, economic, financial and trade levels.

    Why is it so divided?

    There are many reasons for the OIC’s ineffectiveness.

    For one, the group is composed of a politically, socially, culturally and economically diverse assortment of members.

    But more importantly, it has not functioned as a “bridge builder” by developing a common strategy of purpose and action that can overcome the geopolitical and sectarian differences of its members.

    In the current polarised international environment, the rivalry among its member states – and with major global powers such as the United States and China – has rendered the organisation a mere talking shop.

    This has allowed extremist governments in both Israel and Afghanistan to act with impunity.

    It is time to look at the OIC’s functionality and determine how it can more effectively unite the umma.

    This may also be an opportunity for its member states to develop an effective common strategy that could help the cause of peace and stability in the Muslim domain and its relations with the outside world.

    Amin Saikal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    ref. The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan – https://theconversation.com/the-muslim-world-has-been-strong-on-rhetoric-short-on-action-over-gaza-and-afghanistan-262121

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  • MIL-OSI: Subsea 7 S.A. Announces Second Quarter and Half Year 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Luxembourg – 31 July 2025 – Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY, ISIN: LU0075646355, the Company) announced today results of Subsea7 Group (the Group, Subsea7) for the second quarter and first half of 2025 which ended 30 June 2025.

    Highlights 

    • Second quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $360 million, up 23% on the prior year period, equating to a margin of 21%
    • Strong operational and financial performance from both Subsea and Conventional and Renewables, with Adjusted EBITDA margins of 21% and 17% respectively
    • Guidance for full year 2025 re-affirmed
    • A high-quality backlog of $11.8 billion gives over 90% visibility on 2025 revenue guidance
    • Balance sheet remains strong with net debt including lease liabilities of $695 million, equating to 0.6 times the Adjusted EBITDA generated in the last four quarters
    • On 23 July 2025 a definitive agreement with Saipem was signed for a merger of equals that will create a global leader in energy services
      Second Quarter Half Year
    For the period (in $ millions, except Adjusted EBITDA margin and per share data) Q2 2025
    Unaudited
    Q2 2024
    Unaudited
    1H 2025
    Unaudited
    1H 2024
    Unaudited
    Revenue 1,756 1,739 3,285 3,134
    Adjusted EBITDA(a) 360 292 596 454
    Adjusted EBITDA margin(a) 21% 17% 18% 15%
    Net operating income 186 137 263 157
    Net income 131 63 148 92
             
    Earnings per share – in $ per share        
    Basic 0.45 0.20 0.52 0.29
    Diluted(b) 0.45 0.20 0.51 0.29
             
    At (in $ millions)      

    30 June 2025
    Unaudited

     

     31 Mar 2025
    Unaudited

    Backlog(a)     11,823 10,819
    Book-to-bill ratio(a)     1.4x 0.6x
    Cash and cash equivalents     413 459
    Borrowings     (661) (691)
    Net debt excluding lease liabilities(a)     (247) (232)
    Net debt including lease liabilities(a)     (695) (632)

    (a) For explanations and reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Backlog, Book-to-bill ratio and Net debt refer to the ‘Alternative Performance Measures’ section of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

    (b) For the explanation and a reconciliation of diluted earnings per share refer to Note 7 ‘Earnings per share’ to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

    John Evans, Chief Executive Officer, said:

    Subsea7 delivered strong growth in profitability in the second quarter of 2025 driven by the solid execution of our portfolio of projects in both Subsea and Conventional, and Renewables. The Group’s Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 370 bps year-on-year to 20.5% in the quarter, putting us on track to achieve our full year guidance and deliver over 20% growth in EBITDA in 2025 compared with 2024.

    During the quarter we replenished the backlog with high-quality orders of $2.5 billion, equivalent to 1.4 times book-to-bill, demonstrating the resilience of our strategy that is focused on long-cycle subsea markets with advantaged economics, alongside a selective approach to offshore wind. In subsea, tendering activity remains high, with a balance of greenfield and tie-back prospects for a diverse range of clients and geographies. In the renewables industry, near-term momentum is dependent on progress of the UK CFD allocation round, but offshore wind remains a long-term structural growth market and we are confident that our selective approach to bidding leaves us well-placed to deliver profitable growth.

    Second quarter project review
    In Subsea and Conventional, Seven Arctic and Seven Borealis installed flexibles, umbilicals and manifolds at Agogo in Angola. Seven Pacific underwent a class survey after which it transited to Angola where it is expected to work on Agogo until year end. Seven Vega was active at the CLOV development, also in Angola. 

    Seven Oceans and Seven Seas continued to work on a range of US projects including Sunspear, Salamanca and Shenandoah, while in Brazil, Seven Cruzeiro completed its work at Bacalhau and began its new three-year charter for Petrobras.

    In Norway, Seven Navica continued reel lay activities for Yggdrasil as well as IRPA while Seven Oceanic began its transit north, following completion of its campaign at the Scarborough field in Australia.  

    In Renewables, Seaway Strashnov and Seaway Alfa Lift started work at Dogger Bank C in the UK where they will install 87 monopiles. Seaway Ventus began work at the East Anglia THREE project in the UK, where it will install 95 monopiles and Seaway Aimery and Seaway Moxie installed cables at He Dreiht in Germany.

    Second quarter financial review
    Revenue was $1.8 billion, marginally better when compared with the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA of $360 million equated to a margin of 20.5%, up from 16.8% in Q2 2024.

    After depreciation and amortisation of $175 million, other gains and losses of $32 million driven by non-cash foreign exchange gains, net finance costs of $16 million and taxation of $71 million, net income was $131 million.

    Net cash generated from operating activities in the second quarter was $339 million, including a $59 million favourable movement in net working capital. Net cash used in investing activities was $81 million mainly related to purchases of property, plant and equipment. Net cash used in financing activities was $306 million including dividend payments of $184 million and lease payments of $77 million. During the quarter, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $46 million to $413 million and, at 30 June 2025, net debt was $695 million, including lease liabilities of $448 million.

    Second quarter order intake was $2.5 billion comprising new awards of $2.0 billion and escalations of $0.5 billion resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 1.4 times. Backlog at the end of June was $11.8 billion, of which $3.6 billion is expected to be executed in the remainder of 2025, $4.5 billion in 2026 and $3.7 billion in 2027 and beyond.

    Guidance

    We continue to anticipate that revenue in 2025 will be between $6.8 billion and $7.2 billion, while the Adjusted EBITDA margin is expected to be within a range from 18% to 20%. Based on our firm backlog of contracts and the prospects in our tendering pipeline, we expect margins to exceed 20% in 2026.

    Conference Call Information
    Date: 31 July 2025
    Time: 11:00 UK Time, 12:00 CET
    Access the webcast https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/yja3wdd3/
    Register for the conference call https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI59310f2a739a44ab86529d2cda595e97

    For further information, please contact:
    Katherine Tonks
    Investor Relations
    ir@subsea7.com
    +44-20-8210-5568

    Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    This document may contain ‘forward-looking statements’ (within the meaning of the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements relate to our current expectations, beliefs, intentions, assumptions or strategies regarding the future and are subject to known and unknown risks that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘future’, ‘goal’, ‘intend’, ‘likely’, ‘may’, ‘plan’, ‘project’, ‘seek’, ‘should’, ‘strategy’, ‘will’, and similar expressions. The principal risks which could affect future operations of the Group are described in the ‘Risk Management’ section of the Group’s Annual Report. Factors that may cause actual and future results and trends to differ materially from our forward-looking statements include (but are not limited to): (i) our ability to deliver fixed-price projects in accordance with client expectations and within the parameters of our bids, and to avoid cost overruns; (ii) our ability to collect receivables, negotiate variation orders and collect the related revenue; (iii) our ability to recover costs on significant projects; (iv) capital expenditure by oil and gas companies, which is affected by fluctuations in the price of, and demand for, crude oil and natural gas; (v) unanticipated delays or cancellation of projects included in our backlog; (vi) competition and price fluctuations in the markets and businesses in which we operate; (vii) the loss of, or deterioration in our relationship with, any significant clients; (viii) the outcome of legal proceedings or governmental inquiries; (ix) uncertainties inherent in operating internationally, including economic, political and social instability, boycotts or embargoes, labour unrest, changes in foreign governmental regulations, corruption and currency fluctuations; (x) the effects of a pandemic or epidemic or a natural disaster; (xi) liability to third parties for the failure of our joint venture partners to fulfil their obligations; (xii) changes in, or our failure to comply with, applicable laws and regulations (including regulatory measures addressing climate change); (xiii) operating hazards, including spills, environmental damage, personal or property damage and business interruptions caused by adverse weather; (xiv) equipment or mechanical failures, which could increase costs, impair revenue and result in penalties for failure to meet project completion requirements; (xv) the timely delivery of vessels on order and the timely completion of ship conversion programmes; (xvi) our ability to keep pace with technological changes and the impact of potential information technology, cyber security or data security breaches; (xvii) global availability at scale and commercial viability of suitable alternative vessel fuels; and, (xviii) the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this document. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange release was published by Katherine Tonks, Investor Relations, Subsea7, on 31 July 2025 08:00 CET.

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  • MIL-OSI: Shell Plc 2nd QUARTER 2025 HALF YEAR UNAUDITED RESULTS

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

                                 
    SHELL PLC
     2nd QUARTER 2025 AND HALF YEAR UNAUDITED RESULTS
           
                                                         
     
    SUMMARY OF UNAUDITED RESULTS
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
    3,601    4,780    3,517    -25 Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders   8,381    10,874    -23
    4,264    5,577    6,293    -24 Adjusted Earnings A 9,841    14,027    -30
    13,313    15,250    16,806    -13 Adjusted EBITDA A 28,563    35,517    -20
    11,937    9,281    13,508    +29 Cash flow from operating activities   21,218    26,838    -21
    (5,406)   (3,959)   (3,338)     Cash flow from investing activities   (9,365)   (6,866)    
    6,531    5,322    10,170      Free cash flow G 11,853    19,972     
    5,817    4,175    4,719      Cash capital expenditure C 9,993    9,211     
    8,265    8,575    8,950    -4 Operating expenses F 16,840    17,947    -6
    8,145    8,453    8,651    -4 Underlying operating expenses F 16,598    17,704    -6
    9.4% 10.4% 12.8%   ROACE D 9.4% 12.8%  
    75,675    76,511    75,468      Total debt E 75,675    75,468     
    43,216    41,521    38,314      Net debt E 43,216    38,314     
    19.1% 18.7% 17.0%   Gearing E 19.1% 17.0%  
    2,682    2,838    2,817    -5 Oil and gas production available for sale (thousand boe/d)   2,760    2,864    -4
    0.61    0.79    0.55 -23 Basic earnings per share ($)   1.40    1.70    -18
    0.72    0.92    0.99    -22 Adjusted Earnings per share ($) B 1.64    2.19    -25
    0.3580    0.3580    0.3440    Dividend per share ($)   0.7160    0.6880    +4

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income attributable to Shell plc shareholders, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected lower trading and optimisation margins and lower realised liquids and gas prices, partly offset by higher Marketing margins and lower operating expenses.

    Second quarter 2025 income attributable to Shell plc shareholders also included impairment charges, gains on disposal of assets and favourable movements due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives. These items are included in identified items amounting to a net loss of $0.3 billion in the quarter. This compares with identified items in the first quarter 2025 which amounted to a net loss of $0.8 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 and the cost of supplies adjustment of $0.3 billion.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was $11.9 billion and primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA. This inflow was partly offset by tax payments of $3.4 billion.

    Cash flow from investing activities for the second quarter 2025 was an outflow of $5.4 billion, and included cash capital expenditure of $5.8 billion. This outflow was partly offset by interest received of $0.5 billion.

    Net debt and Gearing: At the end of the second quarter 2025, net debt was $43.2 billion, compared with $41.5 billion at the end of the first quarter 2025. This reflects free cash flow of $6.5 billion, more than offset by share buybacks of $3.5 billion, cash dividends paid to Shell plc shareholders of $2.1 billion, lease additions of $1.4 billion and interest payments of $1.2 billion. Gearing was 19.1% at the end of the second quarter 2025, compared with 18.7% at the end of the first quarter 2025, mainly driven by higher net debt.

    Shareholder distributions

    Total shareholder distributions in the quarter amounted to $5.7 billion comprising repurchases of shares of $3.5 billion and cash dividends paid to Shell plc shareholders of $2.1 billion. Dividends to be paid to Shell plc shareholders for the


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    second quarter 2025 amount to $0.3580 per share. Shell has now completed $3.5 billion of share buybacks announced in the first quarter 2025 results announcement. Today, Shell announces a share buyback programme of $3.5 billion which is expected to be completed by the third quarter 2025 results announcement.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income attributable to Shell plc shareholders, compared with the first half 2024, reflected lower trading and optimisation margins, lower realised liquids and LNG prices, and lower refining and chemical margins, partly offset by lower operating expenses and favourable tax movements.

    Our continued focus on performance, discipline and simplification has helped deliver $3.9 billion of pre-tax structural cost reductions3 since 2022. Of these reductions, $0.8 billion was delivered in the first half 2025.

    First half 2025 income attributable to Shell plc shareholders also included impairment charges, a charge related to the UK Energy Profits Levy and favourable movements due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives. These items are included in identified items amounting to a net loss of $1.2 billion. This compares with identified items in the first half 2024 which amounted to a net loss of $3.3 billion.

    Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA2 for the first half 2025 were driven by the same factors as income attributable to Shell plc shareholders and adjusted for identified items and the cost of supplies adjustment of $0.3 billion.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was $21.2 billion, and primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA. This inflow was partly offset by tax payments of $6.3 billion and working capital outflows of $3.0 billion.

    Cash flow from investing activities for the first half 2025 was an outflow of $9.4 billion and included cash capital expenditure of $10.0 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. These outflows were partly offset by interest received of $1.0 billion.

    This Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report, together with supplementary financial and operational disclosure for this quarter, is available at www.shell.com/investors 4.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation, exploration well write-offs and depreciation, depletion and amortisation (DD&A) expenses.

    3.Structural cost reductions describe decreases in underlying operating expenses as a result of operational efficiencies, divestments, workforce reductions and other cost-saving measures that are expected to be sustainable compared with 2022 levels.

    4.Not incorporated by reference.

    PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENTS

    Integrated Gas

    In June 2025, we announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) had left the LNG Canada facility on the west coast of Canada. Shell has a 40% working interest in the LNG Canada joint venture. Located in Kitimat, British Columbia, the facility will export LNG from two processing units or “trains” with a total capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

    Upstream

    In May 2025, we completed the previously announced agreement to increase our working interest in the Shell-operated Ursa platform in the Gulf of America from 45.39% to 61.35%.

    In May 2025, we announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The unitized Mero field is operated by Petrobras (38.6%), in partnership with Shell Brasil (19.3%), TotalEnergies (19.3%), CNPC (9.65%), CNOOC (9.65%) and Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) (3.5%) representing the Government in the non-contracted area.

    In May 2025, we signed an agreement to acquire a 12.5% interest in the OML 118 Production Sharing Contract (OML 118 PSC) from TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited. Upon completion, Shell’s working interest in the OML 118 PSC is expected to increase from 55% to a maximum of 67.5%.

    Chemicals and Products

    In April 2025, we completed the previously announced sale of our Energy and Chemicals Park in Singapore to CAPGC Pte. Ltd. (CAPGC), a joint venture between Chandra Asri Capital Pte. Ltd. and Glencore Asian Holdings Pte. Ltd.

    In April 2025, we agreed to sell our 16.125% interest in Colonial Enterprises, Inc. (“Colonial”) to Colossus AcquireCo LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. and its institutional partners (collectively, “Brookfield”), for $1.45 billion. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

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    PERFORMANCE BY SEGMENT

                                                         
     
    INTEGRATED GAS        
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
                     
    1,838    2,789    2,454    -34 Income/(loss) for the period   4,627    5,215    -11
    101    306    (220)     Of which: Identified items A 407    (1,139)    
    1,737    2,483    2,675    -30 Adjusted Earnings A 4,220    6,354    -34
    3,875    4,735    5,039    -18 Adjusted EBITDA A 8,610    11,175    -23
    3,629    3,463    4,183    +5 Cash flow from operating activities A 7,092    8,895    -20
    1,196    1,116    1,151      Cash capital expenditure C 2,313    2,192     
    129    126    137    +2 Liquids production available for sale (thousand b/d)   128    137    -7
    4,545    4,644    4,885    -2 Natural gas production available for sale (million scf/d)   4,594    4,919 -7
    913    927    980    -2 Total production available for sale (thousand boe/d)   920    986    -7
    6.72    6.60    6.95    +2 LNG liquefaction volumes (million tonnes)   13.32    14.53    -8
    17.77    16.49    16.41    +8 LNG sales volumes (million tonnes)   34.26    33.28    +3

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    Integrated Gas includes liquefied natural gas (LNG), conversion of natural gas into gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels and other products. It includes natural gas and liquids exploration and extraction, and the operation of the upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver these to market. Integrated Gas also includes the marketing, trading and optimisation of LNG.

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected the combined effect of lower contributions from trading and optimisation and lower realised prices (decrease of $589 million), and higher depreciation, depletion and amortisation expenses (increase of $162 million).

    Identified items in the second quarter 2025 included favourable movements of $454 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives, partly offset by impairment charges of $423 million. These favourable movements and impairment charges compare with the first quarter 2025 which included favourable movements of $362 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives. As part of Shell’s normal business, commodity derivative contracts are entered into as hedges for mitigation of economic exposures on future purchases, sales and inventory.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, net cash inflows related to derivatives of $542 million and working capital inflows of $352 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $967 million.

    Total oil and gas production, compared with the first quarter 2025, decreased by 2% mainly due to higher planned maintenance across the portfolio. LNG liquefaction volumes increased by 2% mainly due to ramp-up in Australia, following unplanned maintenance and weather constraints in the first quarter, partly offset by higher planned maintenance across the portfolio.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, reflected the combined effect of lower contributions from trading and optimisation and lower realised prices (decrease of $1,894 million), lower volumes (decrease of $373 million), and higher depreciation, depletion and amortisation expenses (increase of $120 million), partly offset by lower operating expenses (decrease of $107 million), and favourable deferred tax movements ($99 million).

    Identified items in the first half 2025 included favourable movements of $817 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives, partly offset by impairment charges of $423 million. These favourable movements and charges are part of identified items and compare with the first half 2024 which included unfavourable movements of $985 million due

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    to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives. As part of Shell’s normal business, commodity derivative contracts are entered into for mitigation of economic exposures on future purchases, sales and inventory.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, and net cash inflows related to derivatives of $1,084 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $1,741 million and working capital outflows of $335 million.

    Total oil and gas production, compared with the first half 2024, decreased by 7% mainly due to higher maintenance across the portfolio and weather constraints in Australia. LNG liquefaction volumes decreased by 8% mainly due to higher maintenance across the portfolio.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation, exploration well write-offs and DD&A expenses.

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    UPSTREAM          
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
                     
    2,008    2,080    2,179    -3 Income/(loss) for the period   4,088    4,451    -8
    276    (257)   (157)     Of which: Identified items A 19    182     
    1,732    2,337    2,336    -26 Adjusted Earnings A 4,068    4,270    -5
    6,638    7,387    7,829    -10 Adjusted EBITDA A 14,024    15,717    -11
    6,500    3,945    5,739    +65 Cash flow from operating activities A 10,445    11,466    -9
    2,826    1,923    1,829      Cash capital expenditure C 4,749    3,839     
    1,334    1,335    1,297    Liquids production available for sale (thousand b/d)   1,334    1,314    +2
    2,310    3,020    2,818    -24 Natural gas production available for sale (million scf/d)   2,663    2,977    -11
    1,732    1,855    1,783    -7 Total production available for sale (thousand boe/d)   1,793    1,828    -2

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    The Upstream segment includes exploration and extraction of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. It also markets and transports oil and gas, and operates the infrastructure necessary to deliver them to the market.

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected lower realised liquids and gas prices (decrease of $594 million) and higher depreciation, depletion and amortisation expenses (increase of $154 million), partly offset by higher volumes (increase of $112 million).

    Identified items in the second quarter 2025 included gains of $350 million from disposal of assets. These favourable movements compare with the first quarter 2025 which included a charge of $509 million related to the UK Energy Profits Levy, partly offset by gains of $159 million from disposal of assets and gains of $95 million related to the impact of the strengthening Brazilian real on a deferred tax position.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, dividends (net of profits) from joint ventures and associates of $1,542 million and working capital inflows of $655 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $1,948 million.

    Total production, compared with the first quarter 2025, decreased mainly due to the SPDC divestment and higher planned maintenance, partly offset by new oil production.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, reflected lower realised prices (decrease of $1,262 million) and the comparative unfavourable impact of gas storage effects (decrease of $499 million), partly offset by lower exploration well write-offs (decrease of $574 million), lower depreciation, depletion and amortisation expenses (decrease of $375 million), lower operating expenses (decrease of $245 million) and favourable tax movements ($143 million).

    Identified items in the first half 2025 included gains of $509 million from disposal of assets and a gain of $168 million related to the impact of the strengthening Brazilian real on a deferred tax position, offset by a charge of $509 million related to the UK Energy Profits Levy. These favourable movements and charges compare with the first half 2024 which included gains of $599 million related to the impact of inflationary adjustments in Argentina on a deferred tax position, partly offset by a loss of $191 million related to the impact of the weakening Brazilian real on a deferred tax position and impairment charges of $169 million.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA and dividends (net of profits) from joint ventures and associates of $1,384 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $3,946 million.

    Total production, compared with the first half 2024, decreased mainly due to the SPDC divestment and field decline largely offset by new oil production.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation, exploration well write-offs and DD&A expenses.

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    MARKETING        
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
                     
    766    814    202    -6 Income/(loss) for the period   1,580    1,099    +44
    (354)   (49)   (825)     Of which: Identified items A (402)   (832)    
                     
    1,199    900    1,082    +33 Adjusted Earnings A 2,100    1,863    +13
    2,181    1,869    1,999    +17 Adjusted EBITDA A 4,049    3,686    +10
    2,718    1,907    1,958    +43 Cash flow from operating activities A 4,625    3,277    +41
    429    256    644      Cash capital expenditure C 684    1,109     
    2,813    2,674    2,868    +5 Marketing sales volumes (thousand b/d)   2,744    2,816    -3

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    The Marketing segment comprises the Mobility, Lubricants, and Sectors and Decarbonisation businesses. The Mobility business operates Shell’s retail network including electric vehicle charging services and the Wholesale commercial fuels business which provides fuels for transport and industry. The Lubricants business produces, markets and sells lubricants for road transport, and machinery used in manufacturing, mining, power generation, agriculture and construction. The Sectors and Decarbonisation business sells fuels, speciality products and services including low-carbon energy solutions to a broad range of commercial customers including the aviation, marine, and agricultural sectors.

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected higher Marketing margins (increase of $282 million) mainly due to higher Mobility unit margins and seasonal impact of higher volumes, stable Lubricants margins and Sectors and Decarbonisation margins, and favourable tax movements ($92 million). These net gains were partly offset by higher operating expenses (increase of $41 million).

    Identified items in the second quarter 2025 included net impairment charges and reversals of $285 million, net losses of $44 million related to the sale of assets, and charges of $44 million related to redundancy and restructuring. These charges and net losses compare with the first quarter 2025 which included net losses of $61 million related to the sale of assets.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, inflows relating to the timing impact of payments related to emission certificates and biofuel programmes of $515 million, dividends (net of profits/losses) from joint ventures and associates of $161 million and working capital inflows of $67 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $132 million, and non-cash cost of supplies adjustment of $104 million.

    Marketing sales volumes (comprising hydrocarbon sales), compared with the first quarter 2025, increased mainly due to seasonality.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, reflected lower operating expenses (decrease of $199 million) and higher Marketing margins (increase of $71 million) including higher Mobility and Lubricants margins due to improved unit margins, partly offset by lower Sectors and Decarbonisation margins.

    Identified items in the first half 2025 included net impairment charges and reversals of $278 million and net losses of $105 million related to sale of assets. These charges and net losses compare with the first half 2024 which included impairment charges of $786 million mainly relating to an asset in the Netherlands, charges of $65 million related to redundancy and restructuring, and net losses of $56 million related to the sale of assets, partly offset by favourable movements of $50 million relating to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, inflows relating to the timing impact of payments related to emission certificates and biofuel programmes of $1,055 million, dividends (net of

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    profits/losses) from joint ventures and associates of $365 million. These inflows were partly offset by tax payments of $306 million, working capital outflows of $277 million and non-cash cost of supplies adjustment of $156 million.

    Marketing sales volumes (comprising hydrocarbon sales), compared with the first half 2024, decreased mainly in Mobility due to portfolio changes and in Sectors and Decarbonisation.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation and DD&A expenses.

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    CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS        
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
                     
    (174)   (77)   545    -125 Income/(loss) for the period   (252)   1,856    -114
    (51)   (581)   (499)     Of which: Identified items A (631)   (956)    
                     
    118    449    1,085    -74 Adjusted Earnings A 567    2,700    -79
    864    1,410    2,242    -39 Adjusted EBITDA A 2,274    5,068    -55
    1,372    130    2,249    +956 Cash flow from operating activities A 1,502    1,900    -21
    775    458    638      Cash capital expenditure C 1,233    1,138     
    1,156    1,362    1,429    -15 Refinery processing intake (thousand b/d)   1,258    1,429    -12
    2,164    2,813    3,052    -23 Chemicals sales volumes (thousand tonnes)   4,977    5,934    -16

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    The Chemicals and Products segment includes chemicals manufacturing plants with their own marketing network, and refineries which turn crude oil and other feedstocks into a range of oil products which are moved and marketed around the world for domestic, industrial and transport use. The segment also includes the pipeline business, trading and optimisation of crude oil, oil products and petrochemicals, and Oil Sands activities (the extraction of bitumen from mined oil sands and its conversion into synthetic crude oil).

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected lower Products margins (decrease of $450 million) mainly driven by lower margins from trading and optimisation, partly offset by higher refining margins. Adjusted Earnings also reflected lower Chemicals margins (decrease of $103 million). These net losses were partly offset by favourable tax movements ($96 million) and lower operating expenses (decrease of $58 million).

    In the second quarter 2025, Chemicals had negative Adjusted Earnings of $192 million and Products had positive Adjusted Earnings of $310 million.

    Identified items in the second quarter 2025 included impairment charges of $62 million. These charges compare with the first quarter 2025 which included impairment charges of $277 million and unfavourable movements of $202 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives that, as part of Shell’s normal business, are entered into as hedges for mitigation of economic exposures on future purchases, sales and inventory.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, inflows relating to the timing impact of payments relating to emission certificates and biofuel programmes of $367 million and working capital inflows of $383 million. These inflows were partly offset by non-cash cost of supplies adjustment of $333 million.

    Refinery utilisation was 94% compared with 85% in the first quarter 2025, mainly due to lower planned and unplanned maintenance.

    Chemicals manufacturing plant utilisation was 72% compared with 81% in the first quarter 2025, mainly due to higher planned maintenance, and unplanned maintenance mainly in Monaca.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, reflected lower Products margins (decrease of $1,960 million), driven mainly by lower margins from trading and optimisation and lower refining margins. Adjusted Earnings also reflected lower Chemicals margins (decrease of $415 million). These net losses were partly offset by lower operating expenses (decrease of $180 million) and favourable tax movements ($70 million).

    Identified items in the first half 2025 included impairment charges of $339 million and unfavourable movements of $153 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives. These charges and unfavourable movements compare with the first half 2024 which included net impairment charges and reversals of $860 million mainly relating to assets in Singapore, and unfavourable movements of $163 million relating to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives.

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    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    In the first half 2025, Chemicals had negative Adjusted Earnings of $329 million and Products had positive Adjusted Earnings of $896 million.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, inflows related to the timing impact of payments relating to emission certificates and biofuel programmes of $492 million, and dividends (net of profits) from joint ventures and associates of $124 million. These inflows were partly offset by working capital outflows of $698 million, net cash outflows relating to commodity derivatives of $504 million, and non-cash cost of supplies adjustment of $266 million.

    Refinery utilisation was 89% compared with 92% in the first half 2024, mainly due to higher planned and unplanned maintenance.

    Chemicals manufacturing plant utilisation was 77%, at the same level as in the first half 2024.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation and DD&A expenses.

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    RENEWABLES AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS        
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024 %
                     
    (254)   (247)   (75)   -3 Income/(loss) for the period   (501)   478    -205
    (245)   (205)   112      Of which: Identified items A (450)   501     
    (9)   (42)   (187)   +78 Adjusted Earnings A (51)   (24)   -116
    102    111    (91)   -8 Adjusted EBITDA A 213    175    +21
      367    847    -100 Cash flow from operating activities A 368    3,313    -89
    555    403    425      Cash capital expenditure C 958    863     
    70    76    74    -9 External power sales (terawatt hours)2   146    151    -3
    132    184    148    -28 Sales of pipeline gas to end-use customers (terawatt hours)3   315    338    -7

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    2.Physical power sales to third parties; excluding financial trades and physical trade with brokers, investors, financial institutions, trading platforms, and wholesale traders.

    3.Physical natural gas sales to third parties; excluding financial trades and physical trade with brokers, investors, financial institutions, trading platforms, and wholesale traders. Excluding sales of natural gas by other segments and LNG sales.

    Renewables and Energy Solutions includes activities such as renewable power generation, the marketing and trading and optimisation of power and pipeline gas, as well as carbon credits, and digitally enabled customer solutions. It also includes the production and marketing of hydrogen, development of commercial carbon capture and storage hubs, investment in nature-based projects that avoid or reduce carbon emissions, and Shell Ventures, which invests in companies that work to accelerate the energy and mobility transformation.

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected lower operating expenses (decrease of $54 million) and favourable tax movements ($33 million), partly offset by lower margins (decrease of $56 million).

    Most Renewables and Energy Solutions activities were loss-making in the second quarter 2025, which was partly offset by positive Adjusted Earnings from trading and optimisation.

    Identified items in the second quarter 2025 included unfavourable movements of $217 million due to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and impairment charges of $136 million, partly offset by gains of $108 million on sales of assets. These charges and favourable movements compare with the first quarter 2025 which included a loss of $143 million related to the disposal of assets. As part of Shell’s normal business, commodity derivative contracts are entered into as hedges for mitigation of economic exposures on future purchases, sales and inventory.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA. This inflow was offset by working capital outflows of $128 million.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, reflected lower margins (decrease of $140 million), mainly from trading and optimisation, partly offset by lower operating expenses (decrease of $115 million).

    Most Renewables and Energy Solutions activities were loss-making for the first half 2025, which was partly offset by positive Adjusted Earnings from trading and optimisation.

    Identified items in the first half 2025 included unfavourable movements of $196 million relating to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and impairment losses of $167 million. These net charges compare with the first half 2024 which included favourable movements of $529 million relating to the fair value accounting of commodity derivatives, partly offset by net impairment charges and reversals of $78 million. As part of Shell’s normal business, commodity derivative contracts are entered into for mitigation of economic exposures on future purchases, sales and inventory.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings.

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    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by working capital inflows of $252 million and Adjusted EBITDA. These inflows were partly offset by net cash outflows related to derivatives of $235 million.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation and DD&A expenses.

    Additional Growth Measures

                                                         
    Quarters     Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024     2025 2024 %
            Renewable power generation capacity (gigawatt):        
    3.9    3.5    3.3    +10 – In operation2   3.9    3.3    +16
    3.8    4.0    3.8    -5 – Under construction and/or committed for sale3   3.8    3.8    -1

    1.Q2 on Q1 change

    2.Shell’s equity share of renewable generation capacity post commercial operation date. It excludes Shell’s equity share of associates where information cannot be obtained.

    3.Shell’s equity share of renewable generation capacity under construction and/or committed for sale under long-term offtake agreements (PPA). It excludes Shell’s equity share of associates where information cannot be obtained.

                                             
     
    CORPORATE      
    Quarters $ million   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   Reference 2025 2024
                 
    (539)   (483)   (1,656)   Income/(loss) for the period   (1,022)   (2,010)  
    (77)   (26)   (1,080)   Of which: Identified items A (102)   (1,066)  
    (463)   (457)   (576)   Adjusted Earnings A (920)   (944)  
    (346)   (261)   (213)   Adjusted EBITDA A (607)   (304)  
    (2,283)   (531)   (1,468)   Cash flow from operating activities A (2,814)   (2,013)  

    The Corporate segment covers the non-operating activities supporting Shell. It comprises Shell’s holdings and treasury organisation, headquarters and central functions, self-insurance activities and centrally managed longer-term innovation portfolio. All finance expense, income and related taxes are included in Corporate Adjusted Earnings rather than in the earnings of business segments.

    Quarter Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first quarter 2025, reflected unfavourable tax movements and unfavourable currency exchange rate effects, partly offset by favourable net interest movements.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was mainly driven by unfavourable currency exchange rate effects.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the second quarter 2025 was primarily driven by working capital outflows of $1,715 million, which included a reduction in joint venture deposits, and Adjusted EBITDA.

    Half Year Analysis1

    Income/(loss) for the period was driven by the same factors as Adjusted Earnings and includes identified items.

    Adjusted Earnings, compared with the first half 2024, were primarily driven by favourable tax movements, partly offset by unfavourable currency exchange rate effects and unfavourable net interest movements.

    Identified items in the first half 2024 included reclassifications from equity to profit and loss of cumulative currency translation differences related to funding structures resulting in unfavourable movements of $1,122 million. These currency

    translation differences were previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity as part of

    accumulated other comprehensive income.

    Adjusted EBITDA2 was mainly driven by unfavourable currency exchange rate effects.

    Cash flow from operating activities for the first half 2025 was primarily driven by working capital outflows of $1,734 million, which included a reduction in joint venture deposits, and Adjusted EBITDA.

    1.All earnings amounts are shown post-tax, unless stated otherwise.

    2.Adjusted EBITDA is without taxation and DD&A expenses.

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    OUTLOOK FOR THE THIRD QUARTER 2025

    Full year 2024 cash capital expenditure was $21 billion. Our cash capital expenditure range for the full year 2025 is expected to be within $20 – $22 billion.

    Integrated Gas production is expected to be approximately 910 – 970 thousand boe/d. LNG liquefaction volumes are expected to be approximately 6.7 – 7.3 million tonnes.

    Upstream production is expected to be approximately 1,700 – 1,900 thousand boe/d.

    Marketing sales volumes are expected to be approximately 2,600 – 3,100 thousand b/d.

    Refinery utilisation is expected to be approximately 88% – 96%. Chemicals manufacturing plant utilisation is expected to be approximately 78% – 86%.

    Corporate Adjusted Earnings1 were a net expense of $463 million for the second quarter 2025. Corporate Adjusted Earnings are expected to be a net expense of approximately $500 – $700 million in the third quarter 2025.

    1.For the definition of Adjusted Earnings and the most comparable GAAP measure see Reference A.

    FORTHCOMING EVENTS

               
     
    Date Event
    October 30, 2025 Third quarter 2025 results and dividends

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    UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                                       
     
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME    
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    65,406    69,234    74,463    Revenue1 134,640    146,942   
    712    615    898    Share of profit/(loss) of joint ventures and associates 1,327    2,216   
    326    302    (305)   Interest and other income/(expenses)2 628    602   
    66,443    70,152    75,057    Total revenue and other income/(expenses) 136,596    149,760   
    44,099    45,849    49,417    Purchases 89,948    96,284   
    4,909    5,549    5,593    Production and manufacturing expenses 10,459    11,403   
    3,077    2,840    3,094    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 5,917    6,069   
    278    185    263    Research and development 464    475   
    360    210    496    Exploration 569    1,246   
    6,670    5,441    7,555    Depreciation, depletion and amortisation2 12,111    13,436   
    1,075    1,120    1,235    Interest expense 2,194    2,399   
    60,468    61,194    67,653    Total expenditure 121,662    131,312   
    5,975    8,959    7,404    Income/(loss) before taxation 14,934    18,447   
    2,332    4,083    3,754    Taxation charge/(credit)2 6,415    7,358   
    3,644    4,875    3,650    Income/(loss) for the period 8,519    11,089   
    43    95    133    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest 138    215   
    3,601    4,780    3,517    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders 8,381    10,874   
    0.61    0.79    0.55    Basic earnings per share ($)3 1.40    1.70   
    0.60    0.79    0.55    Diluted earnings per share ($)3 1.39    1.68   

    1.See Note 2 “Segment information”.

    2.See Note 7 “Other notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements”.

    3.See Note 3 “Earnings per share”.

                                       
     
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME    
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    3,644    4,875    3,650    Income/(loss) for the period 8,519    11,089   
          Other comprehensive income/(loss) net of tax:    
          Items that may be reclassified to income in later periods:    
    4,127    1,711    698    – Currency translation differences1 5,837    (1,296)  
        (12)   – Debt instruments remeasurements 14    (19)  
    (109)   (25)   14    – Cash flow hedging gains/(losses) (135)   67   
      (42)   (6)   – Deferred cost of hedging (37)   (20)  
    113    74    (50)   – Share of other comprehensive income/(loss) of joint ventures and associates 187    (62)  
    4,143    1,723    644    Total 5,866    (1,330)  
          Items that are not reclassified to income in later periods:    
    158    306    310    – Retirement benefits remeasurements 465    749   
    (8)   (16)   (81)   – Equity instruments remeasurements (24)   (3)  
    (23)   (36)   44    – Share of other comprehensive income/(loss) of joint ventures and associates (59)   55   
    128    254    273    Total 381    801   
    4,270    1,977    917    Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period 6,248    (529)  
    7,914    6,852    4,567    Comprehensive income/(loss) for the period 14,767    10,560   
    122    105    123    Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest 227    180   
    7,792    6,748    4,443    Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders 14,540    10,381   

    1.See Note 7 “Other notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements”.

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    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
    $ million    
      June 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
    Assets    
    Non-current assets    
    Goodwill 16,332    16,032   
    Other intangible assets 11,338    9,480   
    Property, plant and equipment 186,461    185,219   
    Joint ventures and associates 23,456    23,445   
    Investments in securities 2,225    2,255   
    Deferred tax 7,524    6,857   
    Retirement benefits 10,980    10,003   
    Trade and other receivables 7,315    6,018   
    Derivative financial instruments1 692    374   
      266,323    259,683   
    Current assets    
    Inventories 23,283    23,426   
    Trade and other receivables 45,570    45,860   
    Derivative financial instruments1 9,443    9,673   
    Cash and cash equivalents 32,682    39,110   
      110,978    118,069   
    Assets classified as held for sale2 10,619    9,857   
      121,597    127,926   
    Total assets 387,920    387,609   
    Liabilities    
    Non-current liabilities    
    Debt 65,218    65,448   
    Trade and other payables 5,876    3,290   
    Derivative financial instruments1 1,037    2,185   
    Deferred tax 12,921    13,505   
    Retirement benefits 6,983    6,752   
    Decommissioning and other provisions 20,777    21,227   
      112,813    112,407   
    Current liabilities    
    Debt 10,457    11,630   
    Trade and other payables 58,379    60,693   
    Derivative financial instruments1 6,451    7,391   
    Income taxes payable 3,642    4,648   
    Decommissioning and other provisions 5,234    4,469   
      84,164    88,831   
    Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale2 7,856    6,203   
      92,020    95,034   
    Total liabilities 204,832    207,441   
    Equity attributable to Shell plc shareholders 181,137    178,307   
    Non-controlling interest 1,951    1,861   
    Total equity 183,088    180,168   
    Total liabilities and equity 387,920    387,609   

    1.    See Note 6 “Derivative financial instruments and debt excluding lease liabilities”.

    2. .See Note 7 “Other notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements”.

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    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
      Equity attributable to Shell plc shareholders      
    $ million Share capital1 Shares held in trust Other reserves² Retained earnings Total Non-controlling interest   Total equity
    At January 1, 2025 510    (803)   19,766    158,834    178,307    1,861      180,168   
    Comprehensive income/(loss) for the period —    —    6,159    8,381    14,540    227      14,767   
    Transfer from other comprehensive income —    —    18    (18)   —    —      —   
    Dividends³ —    —    —    (4,302)   (4,302)   (113)     (4,415)  
    Repurchases of shares4 (17)   —    17    (7,038)   (7,038)   —      (7,038)  
    Share-based compensation —    516    (486)   (426)   (396)   —      (396)  
    Other changes —    —    —    29    29    (24)      
    At June 30, 2025 493    (288)   25,473    155,458    181,137    1,951      183,088   
    At January 1, 2024 544    (997)   21,145    165,915    186,607    1,755      188,362   
    Comprehensive income/(loss) for the period —    —    (494)   10,874    10,381    180      10,560   
    Transfer from other comprehensive income —    —    170    (170)   —    —      —   
    Dividends3 —    —    —    (4,387)   (4,387)   (150)     (4,537)  
    Repurchases of shares4 (17)   —    17    (7,020)   (7,020)   —      (7,020)  
    Share-based compensation —    544    (213)   (406)   (76)   —      (76)  
    Other changes —    —    —    (96)   (96)   (1)     (98)  
    At June 30, 2024 528    (454)   20,625    164,709    185,407    1,783      187,190   

    1.    See Note 4 “Share capital”.

    2.    See Note 5 “Other reserves”.

    3.    The amount charged to retained earnings is based on prevailing exchange rates on payment date.

    4.     Includes shares committed to repurchase under an irrevocable contract and repurchases subject to settlement at the end of the quarter.

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    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS    
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025   Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    5,975      8,959    7,404    Income before taxation for the period 14,934    18,447   
            Adjustment for:    
    515      636    619    – Interest expense (net) 1,151    1,195   
    6,670      5,441    7,555    – Depreciation, depletion and amortisation1 12,111    13,436   
    206      28    269    – Exploration well write-offs 234    823   
    (128)     127    (143)   – Net (gains)/losses on sale and revaluation of non-current assets and businesses (1)   (154)  
    (712)     (615)   (898)   – Share of (profit)/loss of joint ventures and associates (1,327)   (2,216)  
    2,361      523    792    – Dividends received from joint ventures and associates1 2,884    1,530   
    (27)     854    (954)   – (Increase)/decrease in inventories 827    (1,562)  
    3,635      (2,610)   1,965    – (Increase)/decrease in current receivables 1,025    1,770   
    (3,994)     (907)   (1,269)   – Increase/(decrease) in current payables (4,901)   (3,218)  
    626      (244)   253    – Derivative financial instruments 381    1,638   
    (17)     (100)   (332)   – Retirement benefits (118)   (392)  
    (425)     (480)   (332)   – Decommissioning and other provisions (906)   (931)  
    684      570    2,027    – Other1 1,254    2,536   
    (3,432)     (2,900)   (3,448)   Tax paid (6,331)   (6,064)  
    11,937      9,281    13,508    Cash flow from operating activities 21,218    26,838   
    (5,393)     (3,748)   (4,445)      Capital expenditure (9,141)   (8,424)  
    (406)     (413)   (261)      Investments in joint ventures and associates (819)   (761)  
    (17)     (15)   (13)      Investments in equity securities (32)   (25)  
    (5,817)     (4,175)   (4,719)   Cash capital expenditure (9,993)   (9,211)  
    (57)     559    710    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and businesses1 502    1,033   
        33    57    Proceeds from joint ventures and associates from sale, capital reduction and repayment of long-term loans 34    190   
    19          Proceeds from sale of equity securities 24    570   
    508      508    648    Interest received 1,016    1,224   
    360      506    883    Other investing cash inflows 866    1,740   
    (420)     (1,394)   (920)   Other investing cash outflows (1,814)   (2,414)  
    (5,406)     (3,959)   (3,338)   Cash flow from investing activities (9,365)   (6,866)  
    (208)     80    (179)   Net increase/(decrease) in debt with maturity period within three months (127)   (286)  
            Other debt:    
    180      139    132    – New borrowings 319    299   
    (4,075)     (2,514)   (4,154)   – Repayments (6,589)   (5,686)  
    (1,212)     (846)   (1,287)   Interest paid (2,059)   (2,198)  
    896      326    (115)   Derivative financial instruments 1,222    (412)  
    —      (25)   (1)   Change in non-controlling interest (25)   (5)  
            Cash dividends paid to:    
    (2,122)     (2,179)   (2,177)   – Shell plc shareholders (4,300)   (4,387)  
    (27)     (86)   (82)   – Non-controlling interest (113)   (150)  
    (3,533)     (3,311)   (3,958)   Repurchases of shares (6,844)   (6,782)  
    (5)     (768)   (24)   Shares held in trust: net sales/(purchases) and dividends received (773)   (486)  
    (10,106)     (9,183)   (11,846)   Cash flow from financing activities (19,289)   (20,094)  
    655      353    (126)   Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 1,008    (505)  
    (2,919)     (3,509)   (1,801)   Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (6,428)   (627)  
    35,601      39,110    39,949    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 39,110    38,774   
    32,682      35,601    38,148    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 32,682    38,148   

    1.See Note 7 “Other notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements”.

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    NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    1. Basis of preparation

    These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements of Shell plc (“the Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Shell”) have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and adopted by the UK, and on the basis of the same accounting principles as those used in the Company’s Annual Report and Accounts (pages 240 to 312) for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales and as filed with the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (the Netherlands) and Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F (“Form 20-F/A”) (pages 10 to 83) for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with these filings.

    The financial information presented in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434(3) of the Companies Act 2006 (“the Act”). Statutory accounts for the year ended December 31, 2024, were published in Shell’s Annual Report and Accounts, a copy of which was delivered to the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales. The auditor’s report on those accounts was unqualified, did not include a reference to any matters to which the auditor drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying the report and did not contain a statement under sections 498(2) or 498(3) of the Act.

    Going Concern

    These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements have been prepared on the going concern basis of accounting. In assessing the appropriateness of the going concern assumption over the period to December 31, 2026 (the ‘going concern period’), management have stress-tested Shell’s most recent financial projections to incorporate a range of potential future outcomes by considering Shell’s principal risks, potential downside pressures on commodity prices and long-term demand, and cash preservation measures, including reduced cash capital expenditure and shareholder distributions. This assessment confirmed that Shell has adequate cash, other liquid resources and undrawn credit facilities to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due in order to continue its operations during the going concern period. Therefore, the Directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

    Key accounting considerations, significant judgements and estimates

    Future commodity price assumptions, which represent a significant estimate, were subject to change in the second quarter 2025 (See Note 7). Noting continued volatility in markets, price assumptions remain under review.

    The discount rates applied for impairment testing and the discount rate applied to provisions are reviewed on a regular basis. Both discount rates applied in the first half year 2025 remain unchanged compared with 2024.

    2. Segment information

    With effect from January 1, 2025, segment earnings are presented on an Adjusted Earnings basis (Adjusted Earnings), which is the earnings measure used by the Chief Executive Officer, who serves as the Chief Operating Decision Maker, for the purposes of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance. This aligns with Shell’s focus on performance, discipline and simplification.

    The Adjusted Earnings measure is presented on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis and aims to facilitate a comparative understanding of Shell’s financial performance from period to period by removing the effects of oil price changes on inventory carrying amounts and removing the effects of identified items. Identified items are in some cases driven by external factors and may, either individually or collectively, hinder the comparative understanding of Shell’s financial results from period to period.

    The segment earnings measure used until December 31, 2024 was CCS earnings. The difference between CCS earnings and Adjusted Earnings are the identified items. Comparative periods are presented below on an Adjusted Earnings basis.

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    ADJUSTED EARNINGS BY SEGMENT

                                                   
     
    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders             3,601
    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest             43
    Income/(loss) for the period 1,838    2,008    766    (174)   (254)   (539)   3,644   
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     104    333        436
    Add: Tax on current cost of supplies adjustment     (24)   (91)       (115)
    Less: Identified items before taxation (102)   271    (460)   (64)   (300)   (63)   (717)
    Add: Tax on identified items (203)   (5)   (106)   (13)   (55)   14    (369)
    Adjusted Earnings 1,737    1,732    1,199    118    (9)   (463)   4,314   
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders             4,264
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest             50
                                                   
     
    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders             4,780
    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest             95
    Income/(loss) for the period 2,789    2,080    814    (77)   (247)   (483)   4,875
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     52    (67)       (15)
    Add: Tax on current cost of supplies adjustment     (14)   12        (2)
    Less: Identified items before taxation 348    121    (44)   (679)   (260)     (510)
    Add: Tax on identified items 43    378      (99)   (54)   29    301
    Adjusted Earnings 2,483    2,337    900    449    (42)   (457)   5,670
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders             5,577
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest             94
                                                   
     
    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders             3,517
    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest             133
    Income/(loss) for the period 2,454    2,179    202    545    (75)   (1,656)   3,650
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     74    59        133
    Add: Tax on current cost of supplies adjustment     (19)   (17)       (36)
    Less: Identified items before taxation (260)   (215)   (1,111)   (333)   198    (1,105)   (2,826)
    Add: Tax on identified items (40)   (58)   (286)   165    87    (25)   (157)
    Adjusted Earnings 2,675    2,336    1,082    1,085    (187)   (576)   6,415
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders             6,293
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest             122

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    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders             8,381
    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest             138
    Income/(loss) for the period 4,627    4,088    1,580    (252)   (501)   (1,022)   8,519
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     156    266        422
    Add: Tax on current cost of supplies adjustment     (38)   (79)       (116)
    Less: Identified items before taxation 246    392    (504)   (743)   (559)   (59)   (1,227)
    Add: Tax on identified items (160)   373    (102)   (111)   (110)   43    (68)
    Adjusted Earnings 4,220    4,068    2,100    567    (51)   (920)   9,984
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders             9,841
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest             144
                                                   
     
    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders             10,874
    Income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest             215
    Income/(loss) for the period 5,215    4,451    1,099    1,856    478    (2,010)   11,089
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     (79)   (148)       (227)
    Add: Tax on current cost of supplies adjustment     11    37        48
    Less: Identified items before taxation (1,336)   (261)   (1,123)   (908)   668    (1,111)   (4,070)
    Add: Tax on identified items (197)   (443)   (290)   48    167    (45)   (761)
    Adjusted Earnings 6,354    4,270    1,863    2,700    (24)   (944)   14,219
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders             14,027
    Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest             192

    CASH CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY SEGMENT

    Cash capital expenditure is a measure used by the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance.

                                                   
     
    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Capital expenditure 988    2,774    427    704    468    32    5,393
    Add: Investments in joint ventures and associates 209    52      71    72      406
    Add: Investment in equity securities —    —    —    —    16      17
    Cash capital expenditure 1,196    2,826    429    775    555    36    5,817
                                                   
     
    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Capital expenditure 943    1,727    252    451    358    17    3,748
    Add: Investments in joint ventures and associates 174    197        30      413
    Add: Investments in equity securities —    —    —    —    14    —    15
    Cash capital expenditure 1,116    1,923    256    458    403    19    4,175

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    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Capital expenditure 1,024    1,769    644    601    377    30    4,445
    Add: Investments in joint ventures and associates 127    60    —    37    35      261
    Add: Investments in equity securities —    —    —    —    13    —    13
    Cash Capital expenditure 1,151    1,829    644    638    425    32    4,719
                                                   
     
    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Capital expenditure 1,930    4,501    679    1,155    826    49    9,141
    Add: Investments in joint ventures and associates 383    248      78    102      819
    Add: Investment in equity securities —    —    —    —    30      32
    Cash capital expenditure 2,313    4,749    684    1,233    958    54    9,993
                                                   
     
    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Capital expenditure 1,882    3,535    1,071    1,074    797    64    8,424
    Add: Investments in joint ventures and associates 310    304    38    63    43      761
    Add: Investments in equity securities —    —    —    —    22      25
    Cash capital expenditure 2,192    3,839    1,109    1,138    863    69    9,211

    REVENUE BY SEGMENT

    Third-party revenue includes revenue from sources other than from contracts with customers, which mainly comprises the impact of fair value accounting of commodity derivatives.

                                                   
     
    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Revenue:              
         Third-party 9,576    1,193    28,241    18,388    7,996    12    65,406
         Inter-segment 2,412    8,502    2,177    8,775    835    —    22,701
                                                   
     
    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Revenue:              
         Third-party 9,602    1,510    27,083    21,610    9,417    12    69,234
         Inter-segment 2,675    9,854    1,849    8,255    1,164    —    23,797

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    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Revenue:              
         Third-party 9,052    1,590    32,005    24,583    7,222    11    74,463
         Inter-segment 2,157    10,102    1,363    9,849    957    —    24,428
                                                   
     
    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Revenue:              
         Third-party 19,179    2,703    55,324    39,998    17,413    23    134,640
         Inter-segment 5,086    18,356    4,026    17,030    1,999    —    46,498
                                                   
     
    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Revenue:              
         Third-party 18,247    3,349    62,045    48,319    14,959    22    146,942
         Inter-segment 4,560    20,390    2,718    20,161    1,962    —    49,791

    Identified items

    The objective of identified items is to remove material impacts on net income/loss arising from transactions which are generally uncontrollable and unusual (infrequent or non-recurring) in nature or giving rise to a mismatch between accounting and economic results, or certain transactions that are generally excluded from underlying results in the industry.

    Identified items comprise: divestment gains and losses, impairments and impairment reversals, redundancy and restructuring, fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts that gives rise to a mismatch between accounting and economic results, the impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on certain deferred tax balances, and other items.

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    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 63 344 (56) (9) 119 (4) 457
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (672) (3) (370) (78) (138) (1,261)
    Redundancy and restructuring (7) (6) (57) (37) (1) (12) (119)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 514 1 23 61 (280) 319
    Other2 (65) (1) (47) (113)
    Total identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation (102) 271 (460) (64) (300) (63) (717)
    Less: Total identified items included in Taxation charge/(credit) (203) (5) (106) (13) (55) 14 (369)
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) for the period              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 54 350 (44) (7) 108 (3) 458
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (423) (2) (285) (62) (136) (908)
    Redundancy and restructuring (4) (2) (44) (29) (8) (88)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 454 19 49 (217) 307
    Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances3 20 22 (19) 23
    Other2 (92) (1) (47) (139)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings 101 276 (354) (51) (245) (77) (348)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders 101 276 (354) (51) (245) (77) (348)

    1.Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts: In the ordinary course of business, Shell enters into contracts to supply or purchase oil and gas products, as well as power and environmental products. Shell also enters into contracts for tolling, pipeline and storage capacity. Derivative contracts are entered into for mitigation of resulting economic exposures (generally price exposure) and these derivative contracts are carried at period-end market price (fair value), with movements in fair value recognised in income for the period. Supply and purchase contracts entered into for operational purposes, as well as contracts for tolling, pipeline and storage capacity, are, by contrast, recognised when the transaction occurs; furthermore, inventory is carried at historical cost or net realisable value, whichever is lower. As a consequence, accounting mismatches occur because: (a) the supply or purchase transaction is recognised in a different period; or (b) the inventory is measured on a different basis. In addition, certain contracts are, due to pricing or delivery conditions, deemed to contain embedded derivatives or written options and are also required to be carried at fair value even though they are entered into for operational purposes. The accounting impacts are reported as identified items.

    2.Other identified items represent other credits or charges that based on Shell management’s assessment hinder the comparative understanding of Shell’s financial results from period to period.

    3.Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances represents the impact on tax balances of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments arising on: (a) the conversion to dollars of the local currency tax base of non-monetary assets and liabilities, as well as recognised tax losses (this primarily impacts the Integrated Gas and Upstream segments); and (b) the conversion of dollar-denominated inter-segment loans to local currency, leading to taxable exchange rate gains or losses (this primarily impacts the Corporate segment).

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    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation              
    Divestment gains/(losses) (1) 154 (57) (15) (187) (106)
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (21) 10 (293) (38) (341)
    Redundancy and restructuring (1) (15) (9) (13) (9) 4 (44)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 420 (1) 12 (258) 20 194
    Other1 (70) 4 (101) (46) (212)
    Total identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation 348 121 (44) (679) (260) 4 (510)
    Less: Total identified items included in Taxation charge/(credit) 43 378 4 (99) (54) 29 301
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) for the period              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 8 (61) (12) (143) (208)
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (15) 6 (277) (31) (317)
    Redundancy and restructuring (1) (5) (1) (12) (7) 2 (24)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 362 7 (202) 20 187
    Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances1 4 132 (28) 108
    Other1 (59) (377) (77) (45) (558)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings 306 (257) (49) (581) (205) (26) (811)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders 306 (257) (49) (581) (205) (26) (811)

    1.For a detailed description, see the corresponding footnotes to the Q2 2025 identified items table above.

                                                   
     
    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 2 131 (60) (8) 79 143
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (18) (80) (1,055) (619) (161) (1,932)
    Redundancy and restructuring (9) (56) (69) (30) (45) (2) (211)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 (102) (29) 63 211 318 461
    Other1,2 (133) (181) 10 113 7 (1,103) (1,287)
    Total identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation (260) (215) (1,111) (333) 198 (1,105) (2,826)
    Less: Total identified items included in Taxation charge/(credit) (40) (58) (286) 165 87 (25) (157)
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) for the period              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 1 114 (45) (6) 71 135
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (15) (67) (783) (708) (155) (1,728)
    Redundancy and restructuring (6) (33) (50) (23) (33) (1) (147)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 (98) (7) 45 156 223 319
    Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances1 10 (4) 43 49
    Other1,2 (113) (160) 7 83 5 (1,122) (1,298)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings (220) (157) (825) (499) 112 (1,080) (2,669)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest 18 18
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders (220) (157) (825) (517) 112 (1,080) (2,687)

    1.For a detailed description, see the corresponding footnotes to the Q2 2025 identified items table above.

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    2.Corporate includes reclassifications from equity to profit and loss of cumulative currency translation differences related to funding structures resulting in unfavourable movements of $1,122 million. These currency translation differences were previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income.

                                                   
     
    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 62 498 (113) (24) (68) (4) 351
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (672) (24) (360) (371) (176) (1,602)
    Redundancy and restructuring (8) (21) (66) (50) (10) (9) (164)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 934 35 (196) (260) 512
    Other1 (70) (61) (102) (46) (47) (325)
    Total identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation 246 392 (504) (743) (559) (59) (1,227)
    Less: Total identified items included in Taxation charge/(credit) (160) 373 (102) (111) (110) 43 (68)
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) for the period              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 53 358 (105) (19) (35) (3) 250
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (423) (17) (278) (339) (167) (1,225)
    Redundancy and restructuring (5) (7) (45) (42) (7) (6) (112)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 817 26 (153) (196) 494
    Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances1 24 154 (47) 131
    Other1 (59) (469) (78) (45) (47) (697)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings 407 19 (402) (631) (450) (102) (1,160)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders 407 19 (402) (631) (450) (102) (1,160)

    1.For a detailed description, see the corresponding footnotes to the Q2 2025 identified items table above.

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    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation              
    Divestment gains/(losses) (1) 158 (75) (17) 89 154
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (26) (176) (1,059) (797) (102) (2,159)
    Redundancy and restructuring (10) (69) (90) (49) (60) (7) (284)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 (1,169) (31) 69 (205) 717 (619)
    Other1,2 (129) (143) 33 158 24 (1,103) (1,161)
    Total identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation (1,336) (261) (1,123) (908) 668 (1,111) (4,070)
    Less: Total identified items included in Taxation charge/(credit) (197) (443) (290) 48 167 (45) (761)
    Identified items included in Income/(loss) for the period              
    Divestment gains/(losses) 124 (56) (13) 77 131
    Impairment reversals/(impairments) (20) (169) (786) (860) (78) (1,914)
    Redundancy and restructuring (6) (42) (65) (37) (44) (5) (200)
    Fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts1 (985) (8) 50 (163) 529 (576)
    Impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on tax balances1 (17) 408 61 452
    Other1,2 (110) (131) 25 118 18 (1,122) (1,202)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings (1,139) 182 (832) (956) 501 (1,066) (3,310)
    Impact on Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interest 18 18
    Impact on adjusted earnings attributable to Shell plc shareholders (1,139) 182 (832) (974) 501 (1,066) (3,328)

    1.For a detailed description, see the corresponding footnotes to the Q2 2025 identified items table above.

    2.Corporate includes reclassifications from equity to profit and loss of cumulative currency translation differences related to funding structures resulting in unfavourable movements of $1,122 million. These currency translation differences were previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income.

    The identified items categories above may include after-tax impacts of identified items of joint ventures and associates which are fully reported within “Share of profit/(loss) of joint ventures and associates” in the Consolidated Statement of Income, and fully reported as identified items included in Income/(loss) before taxation in the table above. Identified items related to subsidiaries are consolidated and reported across appropriate lines of the Consolidated Statement of Income.

    3. Earnings per share

                                       
     
    EARNINGS PER SHARE
    Quarters   Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    3,601    4,780    3,517    Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders ($ million) 8,381    10,874   
               
          Weighted average number of shares used as the basis for determining:    
    5,947.9    6,033.5    6,355.4    Basic earnings per share (million) 5,990.5    6,397.7   
    6,004.7    6,087.8    6,417.6    Diluted earnings per share (million) 6,046.0    6,461.0   

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    4. Share capital

                           
     
    ISSUED AND FULLY PAID ORDINARY SHARES OF €0.07 EACH
      Number of shares   Nominal value
    ($ million)
    At January 1, 2025 6,115,031,158      510   
    Repurchases of shares (202,687,052)     (17)  
    At June 30, 2025 5,912,344,106      493   
    At January 1, 2024 6,524,109,049      544   
    Repurchases of shares (199,993,563)     (17)  
    At June 30, 2024 6,324,115,486      528   

    At Shell plc’s Annual General Meeting on May 20, 2025, the Board was authorised to allot ordinary shares in Shell plc, and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert, any security into ordinary shares in Shell plc, up to an aggregate nominal amount of approximately €140 million (representing approximately 2,007 million ordinary shares of €0.07 each), and to list such shares or rights on any stock exchange. This authority expires at the earlier of the close of business on August 19, 2026, or the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2026, unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by Shell plc in a general meeting.

    5. Other reserves

                                             
     
    OTHER RESERVES
    $ million Merger reserve Share premium reserve Capital redemption reserve Share plan reserve Accumulated other comprehensive income Total
    At January 1, 2025 37,298    154    270    1,417    (19,373)   19,766   
    Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders —    —    —    —    6,159    6,159   
    Transfer from other comprehensive income —    —    —    —    18    18   
    Repurchases of shares —    —    17    —    —    17   
    Share-based compensation —    —    —    (486)   —    (486)  
    At June 30, 2025 37,298    154    287    930    (13,196)   25,473   
    At January 1, 2024 37,298    154    236    1,308    (17,851)   21,145   
    Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders —    —    —    —    (494)   (494)  
    Transfer from other comprehensive income —    —    —    —    170    170   
    Repurchases of shares —    —    17    —    —    17   
    Share-based compensation —    —    —    (213)   —    (213)  
    At June 30, 2024 37,298    154    253    1,095    (18,175)   20,625   

    The merger reserve and share premium reserve were established as a consequence of Shell plc (formerly Royal Dutch Shell plc) becoming the single parent company of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c., now The Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited, in 2005. The merger reserve increased in 2016 following the issuance of shares for the acquisition of BG Group plc. The capital redemption reserve was established in connection with repurchases of shares of Shell plc. The share plan reserve is in respect of equity-settled share-based compensation plans.

    6. Derivative financial instruments and debt excluding lease liabilities

    As disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, presented in the Annual Report and Accounts and Form 20-F/A for that year, Shell is exposed to the risks of changes in fair value of its financial assets and liabilities. The fair values of the financial assets and liabilities are defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair values at June 30, 2025, are consistent with those used in the year ended December 31, 2024, though the carrying amounts of derivative financial instruments have changed since that date.

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    The movement of the derivative financial instruments between December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2025, is a decrease of $230 million for the current assets and a decrease of $940 million for the current liabilities.

    The table below provides the comparison of the fair value with the carrying amount of debt excluding lease liabilities, disclosed in accordance with IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures.

                     
     
    DEBT EXCLUDING LEASE LIABILITIES
    $ million June 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
    Carrying amount1 46,720    48,376   
    Fair value2 42,864    44,119   

    1.    Shell issued no debt under the US shelf or under the Euro medium-term note programmes since November 2021 and September 2020, respectively. The US shelf programme has lapsed and management aims to renew it during the second half of 2025.

    2.     Mainly determined from the prices quoted for these securities.

    7. Other notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

    Consolidated Statement of Income

    Interest and other income

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    326    302    (305)   Interest and other income/(expenses) 628    602   
          Of which:    
    559    481    616    Interest income 1,040    1,204   
    44      30    Dividend income (from investments in equity securities) 45    53   
    128    (127)   143    Net gains/(losses) on sales and revaluation of non-current assets and businesses   154   
    (447)   (137)   (1,169)   Net foreign exchange gains/(losses) on financing activities (584)   (1,103)  
    42    85    74    Other 127    293   

    Depreciation, depletion and amortisation

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    6,670    5,441    7,555    Depreciation, depletion and amortisation 12,111    13,436   
          Of which:    
    5,463 5,130 5,642 Depreciation 10,593    11,296   
    1,238 311 1,984 Impairments 1,549    2,365   
    (31) (1) (71) Impairment reversals (32)   (225)  

    Impairments recognised in the second quarter 2025 of $1,238 million pre-tax ($877 million post-tax) principally relate to Integrated Gas ($666 million) and Marketing ($399 million). Impairments recognised in Integrated Gas were triggered by lower commodity prices applied in impairment testing.

    Impairments recognised in the second quarter 2024 of $1,984 million pre-tax ($1,778 million post-tax) mainly relate to Marketing ($1,055 million), Chemicals and Products ($690 million) and Renewables and Energy Solutions ($141 million).

    Taxation charge/credit

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    2,332    4,083    3,754    Taxation charge/(credit) 6,415    7,358   
          Of which:    
    2,277 4,024 3,666 Income tax excluding Pillar Two income tax 6,301    7,192   
    55 59 88 Income tax related to Pillar Two income tax 113    167

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    As required by IAS 12 Income Taxes, Shell has applied the exception to recognising and disclosing information about deferred tax assets and liabilities related to Pillar Two income taxes.

    Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

    Currency translation differences

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    4,127    1,711    698    Currency translation differences 5,837    (1,296)  
          Of which:    
    4,117 1,618 (406) Recognised in Other comprehensive income 5,736    (2,388)  
    9 92 1,104 (Gain)/loss reclassified to profit or loss 101    1,092

    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

    Assets classified as held for sale

                     
     
    $ million    
      June 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
    Assets classified as held for sale 10,619    9,857   
    Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale 7,856    6,203   

    Assets classified as held for sale and associated liabilities at June 30, 2025, principally relate to Shell’s UK offshore oil and gas assets in Upstream and mining interests in Canada in Chemicals and Products. Upon completion of the sale, Shell’s UK offshore assets will be derecognised in exchange for a 50% interest in a newly formed joint venture.

    The major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale at June 30, 2025, are Property, plant and equipment ($9,759 million; December 31, 2024: $8,283 million), Deferred tax liabilities ($3,312 million; December 31, 2024: $2,042 million) and Decommissioning and other provisions ($3,165 million; December 31, 2024: $3,053 million).

    Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

    Cash flow from operating activities – Other

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    684    570    2,027    Other 1,254    2,536   

    ‘Cash flow from operating activities – Other’ for the second quarter 2025 includes $979 million of net inflows (first quarter 2025: $652 million net inflows; second quarter 2024: $620 million net inflows) due to the timing of payments relating to emission certificates and biofuel programmes in Europe and North America and $439 million in relation to reversal of currency exchange gains on Cash and cash equivalents (first quarter 2025: $255 million gains; second quarter 2024: $96 million losses). In addition, the second quarter 2024 includes $1,104 million inflow representing reversal of the non-cash recycling of currency translation losses from other comprehensive income.

    Dividends received from joint ventures and associates

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    2,361    523    792    Dividends received from joint ventures and associates 2,884    1,530   

    In the second quarter 2025, a cash dividend of $1,727 million was received from a joint venture in Upstream.

    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and businesses

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    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    (57)   559    710    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and businesses 502    1,033   

    In the second quarter 2025, Shell completed the sale of a business that held $216 million of cash and cash equivalents, that was agreed to be transferred in the sale, resulting in a cash outflow in ‘Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and businesses’. Sales proceeds were received and recognised in the Consolidated statement of Cash Flows in the first quarter 2025.

    8. Reconciliation of Operating expenses and Total Debt

                                       
     
    RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES    
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    4,909    5,549    5,593    Production and manufacturing expenses 10,459    11,403   
    3,077    2,840    3,094    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 5,917    6,069   
    278    185    263    Research and development 464    475   
    8,265    8,575    8,950    Operating expenses 16,840    17,947   
                                       
     
    RECONCILIATION OF TOTAL DEBT    
         
               
    June 30, 2025 March 31, 2025 June 30, 2024 $ million June 30, 2025 June 30, 2024
    10,457    11,391    10,849    Current debt 10,457    10,849   
    65,218    65,120    64,619    Non-current debt 65,218    64,619   
    75,675    76,511    75,468    Total debt 75,675    75,468   

    9. Post-balance sheet events

    On July 1, 2023, new pension legislation (“Wet Toekomst Pensioenen” (WTP)) came into effect in the Netherlands, with an expected implementation required prior to January 1, 2028. In July 2025, the Trustee Board of the Stichting Shell Pensioen Fonds (“SSPF”), Shell’s defined benefit pension fund in the Netherlands, formally accepted the transition plan to transition from a defined benefit pension fund to a defined contribution plan with effect from January 1, 2027, subject to the local funding level of the plan remaining above an agreed level (125%) during a predetermined transition period.

    In accordance with asset ceiling principles, in the third quarter 2025, Shell will recognise an adjustment to reduce the pension fund surplus (June 30, 2025: $5,521 million) to nil, and recognise a liability for a minimum funding requirement estimated at $750 million, resulting in a loss in Other Comprehensive Income. In addition, a net deferred tax liability of $1,617 million will be unwound, leading to an overall net post-tax loss of $4,654 million recognised in Other Comprehensive Income resulting in an increase in gearing of 0.4 percentage points. Subsequently, at the date of transition and settlement (expected December 31, 2026), the surplus at that date will be de-recognised, resulting in an identified loss in the Consolidated Statement of Income. The extent to which the funding level will meet the agreed 125% threshold is subject to uncertainty and the asset ceiling recognised will continue to be monitored in accordance with IAS 19 Employee Benefits.

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    ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE (NON-GAAP) MEASURES

    A.Adjusted Earnings, Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Cash flow from operating activities

    The “Adjusted Earnings” measure aims to facilitate a comparative understanding of Shell’s financial performance from period to period by removing the effects of oil price changes on inventory carrying amounts and removing the effects of identified items. These items are in some cases driven by external factors and may, either individually or collectively, hinder the comparative understanding of Shell’s financial results from period to period. This measure excludes earnings attributable to non-controlling interest when presenting the total Shell Group result but includes these items when presenting individual segment Adjusted Earnings as set out in the table below.

    See Note 2 “Segment information” for the reconciliation of Adjusted Earnings.

    We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as “Income/(loss) for the period” adjusted for current cost of supplies; identified items; tax charge/(credit); depreciation, amortisation and depletion; exploration well write-offs and net interest expense. All items include the non-controlling interest component. Management uses this measure to evaluate Shell’s performance in the period and over time.

                                                   
     
    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Adjusted Earnings             4,264
    Add: Non-controlling interest             50
    Adjusted Earnings plus non-controlling interest 1,737 1,732 1,199 118 (9) (463) 4,314
    Add: Taxation charge/(credit) excluding tax impact of identified items 497 2,205 413 (103) 20 (217) 2,815
    Add: Depreciation, depletion and amortisation excluding impairments 1,585 2,353 557 872 90 6 5,463
    Add: Exploration well write-offs 3 203 206
    Add: Interest expense excluding identified items 53 171 12 16 2 820 1,074
    Less: Interest income 26 39 2 492 559
    Adjusted EBITDA 3,875 6,638 2,181 864 102 (346) 13,313
    Less: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     104 333     436
    Joint ventures and associates (dividends received less profit) 92 1,542 161 70 10 1,876
    Derivative financial instruments 542 25 13 3 (66) 410 928
    Taxation paid (967) (1,948) (132) (87) (60) (238) (3,432)
    Other (265) (413) 533 471 142 (395) 74
    (Increase)/decrease in working capital 352 655 67 383 (128) (1,715) (386)
    Cash flow from operating activities 3,629 6,500 2,718 1,372 1 (2,283) 11,937
                                                   
     
    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Adjusted Earnings             5,577
    Add: Non-controlling interest             94
    Adjusted Earnings plus non-controlling interest 2,483 2,337 900 449 (42) (457) 5,670
    Add: Taxation charge/(credit) excluding tax impact of identified items 803 2,619 391 99 63 (191) 3,784
    Add: Depreciation, depletion and amortisation excluding impairments 1,404 2,213 566 852 90 6 5,130
    Add: Exploration well write-offs 29 28
    Add: Interest expense excluding identified items 51 200 12 14 2 841 1,119
    Less: Interest income 4 11 4 2 461 481
    Adjusted EBITDA 4,735 7,387 1,869 1,410 111 (261) 15,250
    Less: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     52 (67)     (15)
    Joint ventures and associates (dividends received less profit) (286) (159) 203 54 10 (178)
    Derivative financial instruments 542 14 10 (508) (169) 73 (38)
    Taxation paid (773) (1,999) (174) 63 52 (68) (2,900)
    Other (68) (386) 396 125 (17) (257) (206)
    (Increase)/decrease in working capital (687) (913) (344) (1,081) 380 (19) (2,663)
    Cash flow from operating activities 3,463 3,945 1,907 130 367 (531) 9,281

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    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Adjusted Earnings             6,293
    Add: Non-controlling interest             122
    Adjusted Earnings plus non-controlling interest 2,675 2,336 1,082 1,085 (187) (576) 6,415
    Add: Taxation charge/(credit) excluding tax impact of identified items 940 2,312 359 297 (10) 49 3,947
    Add: Depreciation, depletion and amortisation excluding impairments 1,375 2,750 548 867 95 6 5,642
    Add: Exploration well write-offs 5 264 269
    Add: Interest expense excluding identified items 44 166 10 23 1 904 1,149
    Less: Interest income (1) 30 (9) 595 616
    Adjusted EBITDA 5,039 7,829 1,999 2,242 (91) (213) 16,806
    Less: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     74 59     133
    Joint ventures and associates (dividends received less profit) 96 (288) (54) 46 64 (135)
    Derivative financial instruments (133) 9 7 304 607 (79) 713
    Taxation paid (1,039) (1,955) (17) (186) (138) (113) (3,448)
    Other (104) (341) (57) 263 180 20 (38)
    (Increase)/decrease in working capital 324 484 153 (361) 225 (1,083) (258)
    Cash flow from operating activities 4,183 5,739 1,958 2,249 847 (1,468) 13,508
                                                   
     
    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Adjusted Earnings             9,841
    Add: Non-controlling interest             144
    Adjusted Earnings plus non-controlling interest 4,220 4,068 2,100 567 (51) (920) 9,984
    Add: Taxation charge/(credit) excluding tax impact of identified items 1,299 4,824 804 (3) 83 (408) 6,599
    Add: Depreciation, depletion and amortisation excluding impairments 2,988 4,566 1,123 1,724 180 13 10,593
    Add: Exploration well write-offs 3 232 234
    Add: Interest expense excluding identified items 104 371 24 29 4 1,661 2,193
    Less: Interest income 4 37 1 43 3 953 1,040
    Adjusted EBITDA 8,610 14,024 4,049 2,274 213 (607) 28,563
    Less: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     156 266     422
    Joint ventures and associates (dividends received less profit) (194) 1,384 365 124 20 1,698
    Derivative financial instruments 1,084 39 23 (504) (235) 484 891
    Taxation paid (1,741) (3,946) (306) (24) (8) (306) (6,331)
    Other (332) (799) 928 597 126 (651) (132)
    (Increase)/decrease in working capital (335) (257) (277) (698) 252 (1,734) (3,049)
    Cash flow from operating activities 7,092 10,445 4,625 1,502 368 (2,814) 21,218
                                                   
     
    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Adjusted Earnings             14,027
    Add: Non-controlling interest             192
    Adjusted Earnings plus non-controlling interest 6,354 4,270 1,863 2,700 (24) (944) 14,219
    Add: Taxation charge/(credit) excluding tax impact of identified items 1,936 4,834 717 635 (9) (42) 8,071
    Add: Depreciation, depletion and amortisation excluding impairments 2,785 5,477 1,084 1,737 201 12 11,296
    Add: Exploration well write-offs 13 811 823
    Add: Interest expense excluding identified items 87 335 22 40 2 1,825 2,312
    Less: Interest income 9 44 (5) 1,155 1,204
    Adjusted EBITDA 11,175 15,717 3,686 5,068 175 (304) 35,517
    Less: Current cost of supplies adjustment before taxation     (79) (148)     (227)
    Joint ventures and associates (dividends received less profit) (101) (834) 38 102 78 (717)
    Derivative financial instruments (1,213) 5 (32) (98) 2,585 (228) 1,019
    Taxation paid (1,506) (3,757) (191) (205) (382) (23) (6,064)
    Other (59) (572) 337 (115) 151 124 (135)
    (Increase)/decrease in working capital 599 905 (639) (3,000) 706 (1,581) (3,010)
    Cash flow from operating activities 8,895 11,466 3,277 1,900 3,313 (2,013) 26,838

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    Identified items

    The objective of identified items is to remove material impacts on net income/loss arising from transactions which are generally uncontrollable and unusual (infrequent or non-recurring) in nature or giving rise to a mismatch between accounting and economic results, or certain transactions that are generally excluded from underlying results in the industry.

    Identified items comprise: divestment gains and losses, impairments and impairment reversals, redundancy and restructuring, fair value accounting of commodity derivatives and certain gas contracts that gives rise to a mismatch between accounting and economic results, the impact of exchange rate movements and inflationary adjustments on certain deferred tax balances, and other items.

    See Note 2 “Segment information” for details.

    B.    Adjusted Earnings per share

    Adjusted Earnings per share is calculated as Adjusted Earnings (see Reference A), divided by the weighted average number of shares used as the basis for basic earnings per share (see Note 3).

    C.    Cash capital expenditure

    Cash capital expenditure represents cash spent on maintaining and developing assets as well as on investments in the period. Management regularly monitors this measure as a key lever to delivering sustainable cash flows. Cash capital expenditure is the sum of the following lines from the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows: Capital expenditure, Investments in joint ventures and associates and Investments in equity securities.

    See Note 2 “Segment information” for the reconciliation of cash capital expenditure.

    D.    Capital employed and Return on average capital employed

    Return on average capital employed (“ROACE”) measures the efficiency of Shell’s utilisation of the capital that it employs.

    The measure refers to Capital employed which consists of total equity, current debt, and non-current debt reduced by cash and cash equivalents.

    In this calculation, the sum of Adjusted Earnings (see Reference A) plus non-controlling interest (NCI) excluding identified items for the current and previous three quarters, adjusted for after-tax interest expense and after-tax interest income, is expressed as a percentage of the average capital employed excluding cash and cash equivalents for the same period.

                           
     
    $ million Quarters
      Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024
    Current debt 10,849 11,046 12,114
    Non-current debt 64,619 68,886 72,252
    Total equity 187,190 188,304 192,094
    Less: Cash and cash equivalents (38,148) (39,949) (45,094)
    Capital employed – opening 224,511 228,286 231,366
    Current debt 10,457 11,391 10,849
    Non-current debt 65,218 65,120 64,619
    Total equity 183,088 180,670 187,190
    Less: Cash and cash equivalents (32,682) (35,601) (38,148)
    Capital employed – closing 226,081 221,580 224,511
    Capital employed – average 225,296 224,933 227,939

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    $ million Quarters
      Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024
    Adjusted Earnings – current and previous three quarters (Reference A) 19,529 21,558 27,558
    Add: Income/(loss) attributable to NCI – current and previous three quarters 351 441 409
    Add: Current cost of supplies adjustment attributable to NCI – current and previous three quarters 25 25 (25)
    Less: Identified items attributable to NCI (Reference A) – current and previous three quarters 0 18 7
    Adjusted Earnings plus NCI excluding identified items – current and previous three quarters 19,904 22,005 27,935
    Add: Interest expense after tax – current and previous three quarters 2,577 2,639 2,650
    Less: Interest income after tax on cash and cash equivalents – current and previous three quarters 1,206 1,329 1,395
    Adjusted Earnings plus NCI excluding identified items before interest expense and interest income – current and previous three quarters 21,274 23,315 29,190
    Capital employed – average 225,296 224,933 227,939
    ROACE on an Adjusted Earnings plus NCI basis 9.4% 10.4% 12.8%

    E.    Net debt and gearing

    Net debt is defined as the sum of current and non-current debt, less cash and cash equivalents, adjusted for the fair value of derivative financial instruments used to hedge foreign exchange and interest rate risk relating to debt, and associated collateral balances. Management considers this adjustment useful because it reduces the volatility of net debt caused by fluctuations in foreign exchange and interest rates, and eliminates the potential impact of related collateral payments or receipts. Debt-related derivative financial instruments are a subset of the derivative financial instrument assets and liabilities presented on the balance sheet. Collateral balances are reported under “Trade and other receivables” or “Trade and other payables” as appropriate.

    Gearing is a measure of Shell’s capital structure and is defined as net debt (total debt less cash and cash equivalents) as a percentage of total capital (net debt plus total equity).

                           
     
    $ million  
      June 30, 2025 March 31, 2025 June 30, 2024
    Current debt 10,457    11,391    10,849   
    Non-current debt 65,218    65,120    64,619   
    Total debt 75,675    76,511    75,468   
    Of which: Lease liabilities 28,955    28,488    25,600   
    Add: Debt-related derivative financial instruments: net liability/(asset) 589    1,905    2,460   
    Add: Collateral on debt-related derivatives: net liability/(asset) (366)   (1,295)   (1,466)  
    Less: Cash and cash equivalents (32,682)   (35,601)   (38,148)  
    Net debt 43,216    41,521    38,314   
    Total equity 183,088    180,670    187,190   
    Total capital 226,304    222,190    225,505   
    Gearing 19.1  % 18.7  % 17.0  %

    F.    Operating expenses and Underlying operating expenses

    Operating expenses

    Operating expenses is a measure of Shell’s cost management performance, comprising the following items from the Consolidated Statement of Income: production and manufacturing expenses; selling, distribution and administrative expenses; and research and development expenses.

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    Q2 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Production and manufacturing expenses 899 1,940 179 1,459 431 4,909
    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 30 43 2,319 441 138 106 3,077
    Research and development 36 71 49 38 23 61 278
    Operating expenses 965 2,055 2,547 1,939 592 168 8,265
                                                   
       
    Q1 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Production and manufacturing expenses 947 2,139 349 1,621 486 8 5,549
    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 38 42 2,053 442 153 111 2,840
    Research and development 22 32 42 25 21 43 185
    Operating expenses 1,006 2,213 2,444 2,088 661 162 8,575
                                                   
       
    Q2 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Production and manufacturing expenses 1,050 2,219 320 1,573 422 10 5,593
    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 64 62 2,295 293 279 101 3,094
    Research and development 32 61 47 37 24 62 263
    Operating expenses 1,146 2,341 2,662 1,902 725 173 8,950
                                                   
       
    Half year 2025 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Production and manufacturing expenses 1,846 4,079 528 3,080 916 8 10,459
    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 67 85 4,371 884 292 218 5,917
    Research and development 57 103 92 63 44 104 464
    Operating expenses 1,971 4,268 4,991 4,027 1,253 330 16,840
                                                   
       
    Half year 2024 $ million
      Integrated Gas Upstream Marketing Chemicals and Products Renewables and Energy Solutions Corporate Total
    Production and manufacturing expenses 2,006 4,487 685 3,207 1,001 16 11,403
    Selling, distribution and administrative expenses 126 120 4,483 713 437 190 6,069
    Research and development 58 119 81 71 36 111 475
    Operating expenses 2,190 4,726 5,249 3,990 1,475 317 17,947

    Underlying operating expenses

    Underlying operating expenses is a measure aimed at facilitating a comparative understanding of performance from period to period by removing the effects of identified items, which, either individually or collectively, can cause volatility, in some cases driven by external factors.

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    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    8,265    8,575    8,950    Operating expenses 16,840    17,947   
    (119)   (44)   (210)   Redundancy and restructuring (charges)/reversal (162)   (283)  
    (1)   (101)   (212)   (Provisions)/reversal (102)   (212)  
    —    23    123    Other 23    252   
    (120)   (121)   (299)   Total identified items (241)   (242)  
    8,145    8,453    8,651    Underlying operating expenses 16,598    17,704   

    G.    Free cash flow and Organic free cash flow

    Free cash flow is used to evaluate cash available for financing activities, including dividend payments and debt servicing, after investment in maintaining and growing the business. It is defined as the sum of “Cash flow from operating activities” and “Cash flow from investing activities”.

    Cash flows from acquisition and divestment activities are removed from Free cash flow to arrive at the Organic free cash flow, a measure used by management to evaluate the generation of free cash flow without these activities.

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    11,937    9,281    13,508    Cash flow from operating activities 21,218    26,838   
    (5,406)   (3,959)   (3,338)   Cash flow from investing activities (9,365)   (6,866)  
    6,531    5,322    10,170    Free cash flow 11,853    19,972   
    (36)   597    769    Less: Divestment proceeds (Reference I) 560    1,794   
    98    45    —    Add: Tax paid on divestments (reported under “Other investing cash outflows”) 143       
    792    130    189    Add: Cash outflows related to inorganic capital expenditure1 921    251   
    7,458    4,899    9,590    Organic free cash flow2 12,357    18,429   

    1.Cash outflows related to inorganic capital expenditure includes portfolio actions which expand Shell’s activities through acquisitions and restructuring activities as reported in capital expenditure lines in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

    2.Free cash flow less divestment proceeds, adding back outflows related to inorganic expenditure.

    H.    Cash flow from operating activities excluding working capital movements

    Working capital movements are defined as the sum of the following items in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows: (i) (increase)/decrease in inventories, (ii) (increase)/decrease in current receivables, and (iii) increase/(decrease) in current payables.

    Cash flow from operating activities excluding working capital movements is a measure used by Shell to analyse its operating cash generation over time excluding the timing effects of changes in inventories and operating receivables and payables from period to period.

                                       
     
    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    11,937    9,281    13,508    Cash flow from operating activities 21,218    26,838   
    (27)   854    (954)   (Increase)/decrease in inventories 827    (1,562)  
    3,635    (2,610)   1,965    (Increase)/decrease in current receivables 1,025    1,770   
    (3,994)   (907)   (1,269)   Increase/(decrease) in current payables (4,901)   (3,218)  
    (386)   (2,663)   (258)   (Increase)/decrease in working capital (3,049)   (3,010)  
    12,323    11,944    13,766    Cash flow from operating activities excluding working capital movements 24,267    29,848   

    I.    Divestment proceeds

    Divestment proceeds represent cash received from divestment activities in the period. Management regularly monitors this measure as a key lever to deliver free cash flow.

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    Quarters $ million Half year
    Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2024   2025 2024
    (57)   559 710 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and businesses 502 1,033
      33 57 Proceeds from joint ventures and associates from sale, capital reduction and repayment of long-term loans 34 190
    19    5 2 Proceeds from sale of equity securities 24 570
    (36)   597 769 Divestment proceeds 560 1,794

    J.    Structural cost reduction

    The structural cost reduction target is used for the purpose of demonstrating how management drives cost discipline across the entire organisation, simplifying our processes and portfolio, and streamlining the way we work.

    Structural cost reduction describes the decrease in underlying operating expenses (see Reference F above) as a result of operational efficiencies, divestments, workforce reductions and other cost-saving measures that are expected to be sustainable compared with 2022 levels.

    The total change between periods in underlying operating expenses will reflect both structural cost reductions and other changes in spend, including market factors, such as inflation and foreign exchange impacts, as well as changes in activity levels and costs associated with new operations.

    Structural cost reductions are stewarded internally to support management’s oversight of spending over time. The 2028 target reflects annualised saving achieved by end-2028.

               
       
      $ million
    Structural cost reduction up to second quarter 2025 compared with 2022 levels (3,905)  
       
    Underlying operating expenses 2024 35,707
    Underlying operating expenses 2022 39,456
    Total decrease in Underlying operating expenses (3,749)  
    Of which:  
    Structural cost reductions (3,119)  
    Change in Underlying operating expenses excluding structural cost reduction (630)  
       
    Underlying operating expenses first half 2025 16,598
    Underlying operating expenses first half 2024 17,704   
    Total decrease in Underlying operating expenses (1,106)  
    Of which:  
    Structural cost reductions (786)  
    Change in Underlying operating expenses excluding structural cost reduction (320)  

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    SHELL PLC
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    PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

    The principal risks and uncertainties affecting Shell are described in the Risk management and risk factors section of the Annual Report and Accounts (pages 134 to 144) and Form 20-F (pages 25 to 34) for the year ended December 31, 2024 and are summarised below. There are no material changes expected in those Risk Factors for the remaining six months of the financial year.

    1.Portfolio risks

    We are exposed to risks that could adversely affect the resilience of our overall portfolio of businesses. These include external risks such as macroeconomic risks, including fluctuating commodity prices and competitive forces. Our future performance depends on the successful development and deployment of new technologies that provide new products and solutions. In addition, our future hydrocarbon production depends on the delivery of integrated projects and our ability to replace proved oil and gas reserves. Many of our major projects and operations are conducted in joint arrangements or with associates. This could reduce our degree of control and our ability to identify and manage risks.

    2.Climate change and the energy transition

    Rising concerns about climate change and the effects of the energy transition pose multiple risks to Shell, including declines in the demand for and prices of our products, commercial risks from growing our low-carbon business, and adverse litigation and regulatory developments. The physical impacts of climate change could also adversely affect our assets and supply chains.

    3.Country risks

    We operate in more than 70 countries which have differing degrees of political, legal and fiscal stability. This has exposed, and could expose, us to a wide range of political developments that could result in changes to contractual terms, laws and regulations.

    4.Financial risks

    We are exposed to treasury risks, including liquidity risk, interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and credit risk. We are affected by the global macroeconomic environment and the conditions of financial markets. These, and changes to certain demographic factors, also impact our pension assets and liabilities.

    5.Trading risks

    We are exposed to market, regulatory and conduct risks in our trading operations.

    6.Health, safety, security and the environment

    The nature of our operations exposes us, and the communities in which we work, to a wide range of health, safety, security and environment risks.

    7.Information technology and cybersecurity risks

    We rely heavily on information technology systems in our operations.

    8.Litigation and regulatory compliance

    Violations of laws carry fines and could expose us and/or our employees to criminal sanctions and civil suits. We have faced, and could also face, the risk of litigation and disputes worldwide.

    9.Reputation and risks to our licence to operate

    An erosion of our business reputation could have a material adverse effect on our brand, on our ability to secure new hydrocarbon or low-carbon opportunities, to access capital markets, and to attract and retain people, and on our licence to operate.

    10.Our people and culture

    The successful delivery of our strategy is dependent on our people and on a culture that aligns to our goals and reflects the changes we need to make as part of the energy transition.

    11.Other (generally applicable to an investment in securities)

    The Company’s Articles of Association determine the jurisdiction for shareholder disputes. This could limit shareholder remedies.

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    SHELL PLC
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    2025 PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENTS

    Integrated Gas

    In March 2025, we completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of the shares in Pavilion Energy Pte. Ltd. (Pavilion Energy). Pavilion Energy, headquartered in Singapore, operates a global LNG trading business with contracted supply volume of approximately 6.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

    In June 2025, we announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) had left the LNG Canada facility on the west coast of Canada. Shell has a 40% working interest in the LNG Canada joint venture. Located in Kitimat, British Columbia, the facility will export LNG from two processing units or “trains” with a total capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

    Upstream

    In January 2025, we announced the start of production at the Shell-operated Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of America. The Whale development is owned by Shell (60%, operator) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (40%).

    In February 2025, we announced production restart at the Penguins field in the UK North Sea with a modern floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility (Shell 50%, operator; NEO Energy 50%). The previous export route for this field was via the Brent Charlie platform, which ceased production in 2021 and is being decommissioned.

    In March 2025, we completed the sale of SPDC to Renaissance, as announced in January 2024.

    In March 2025, we announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Gato do Mato, a deep-water project in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Gato do Mato Consortium includes Shell (operator, 50%), Ecopetrol (30%), TotalEnergies (20%) and Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) acting as the manager of the production sharing contract (PSC).

    In May 2025, we completed the previously announced agreement to increase our working interest in the Shell-operated Ursa platform in the Gulf of America from 45.39% to 61.35%.

    In May 2025, we announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The unitized Mero field is operated by Petrobras (38.6%), in partnership with Shell Brasil (19.3%), TotalEnergies (19.3%), CNPC (9.65%), CNOOC (9.65%) and Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) (3.5%) representing the Government in the non-contracted area.

    In May 2025, we signed an agreement to acquire a 12.5% interest in the OML 118 Production Sharing Contract (OML 118 PSC) from TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited. Upon completion, Shell’s working interest in the OML 118 PSC is expected to increase from 55% to a maximum of 67.5%.

    Chemicals and Products

    In January 2025, CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), a 50:50 joint venture between Shell and CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Ltd, took an FID to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China.

    In April 2025, we completed the previously announced sale of our Energy and Chemicals Park in Singapore to CAPGC Pte. Ltd. (CAPGC), a joint venture between Chandra Asri Capital Pte. Ltd. and Glencore Asian Holdings Pte. Ltd.

    In April 2025, we agreed to sell our 16.125% interest in Colonial Enterprises, Inc. (“Colonial”) to Colossus AcquireCo LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. and its institutional partners (collectively, “Brookfield”), for $1.45 billion. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.

    Renewables and Energy Solutions

    In January 2025, we completed the previously announced acquisition of a 100% equity stake in RISEC Holdings, LLC, which owns a 609-megawatt (MW) two-unit combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Rhode Island, USA.

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    RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

    It is confirmed that to the best of our knowledge: (a) the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and as adopted by the UK; (b) the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DTR) 4.2.7R (indication of important events during the first six months of the financial year, and their impact on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements, and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the financial year); and (c) the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.8R (disclosure of related parties transactions and changes thereto).

    The Directors of Shell plc are shown on pages 152 to 155 in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2024.

    On behalf of the Board

                                 
    Wael Sawan   Sinead Gorman    
    Chief Executive Officer   Chief Financial Officer    
    July 31, 2025   July 31, 2025    

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    INDEPENDENT REVIEW REPORT TO SHELL PLC

    Conclusion

    We have been engaged by Shell plc to review the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements (“Interim Statements”) and half year unaudited results (“half-yearly financial report”) for the six months ended June 30, 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Income, the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and Notes 1 to 9. We have read the other information contained in the half-yearly financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the Interim Statements.

    Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the Interim Statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended June 30, 2025 are not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with UK adopted International Accounting Standard 34 and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority.

    Basis for Conclusion

    We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (“ISRE”) 2410 (UK), “Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity” (ISRE) issued by the Financial Reporting Council. A review of interim financial information consists of making enquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

    As disclosed in Note 1, Shell’s annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards. The Interim Statements included in the half-yearly financial report have been prepared in accordance with UK adopted International Accounting Standard 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”.

    Conclusions Relating to Going Concern

    Based on our review procedures, which are less extensive than those performed in an audit as described in the Basis of Conclusion section of this report, nothing has come to our attention to suggest that management have inappropriately adopted the going concern basis of accounting or that management have identified material uncertainties relating to going concern that are not appropriately disclosed.

    This conclusion is based on the review procedures performed in accordance with this ISRE, however future events or conditions may cause the entity to cease to continue as a going concern.

    Responsibilities of the Directors

    The Directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly financial report in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority.

    In preparing the half-yearly financial report, the Directors are responsible for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

    Auditor’s Responsibilities for the review of the financial information

    In reviewing the half-yearly financial report, we are responsible for expressing to Shell plc a conclusion on the Interim Statements in the half-yearly financial report. Our conclusion, including our Conclusions Relating to Going Concern are based on procedures that are less extensive than audit procedures, as described in the Basis for Conclusion paragraph of this report.

    Use of our report

    This report is made solely to Shell plc in accordance with guidance contained in the International Standard on Review Engagements 2410 (UK) “Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity” issued by the Financial Reporting Council. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Shell plc, for our work, for this report, or for the conclusions we have formed.

    Ernst & Young LLP

    London

    July 31, 2025

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    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

    All amounts shown throughout this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report are unaudited. All peak production figures in Portfolio Developments are quoted at 100% expected production. The numbers presented throughout this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report may not sum precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures, due to rounding.

    The companies in which Shell plc directly and indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. In this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report, “Shell”, “Shell Group” and “Group” are sometimes used for convenience to reference Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general. Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refer to Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general or to those who work for them. These terms are also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular entity or entities. ‘‘Subsidiaries’’, “Shell subsidiaries” and “Shell companies” as used in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report, refer to entities over which Shell plc either directly or indirectly has control. The terms “joint venture”, “joint operations”, “joint arrangements”, and “associates” may also be used to refer to a commercial arrangement in which Shell has a direct or indirect ownership interest with one or more parties. The term “Shell interest” is used for convenience to indicate the direct and/or indirect ownership interest held by Shell in an entity or unincorporated joint arrangement, after exclusion of all third-party interest.

    Forward-Looking statements

    This Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) concerning the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of Shell. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations that are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Shell to market risks and statements expressing management’s expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “aim”; “ambition”; ‘‘anticipate’’; “aspire”, “aspiration”, ‘‘believe’’; “commit”; “commitment”; ‘‘could’’; “desire”; ‘‘estimate’’; ‘‘expect’’; ‘‘goals’’; ‘‘intend’’; ‘‘may’’; “milestones”; ‘‘objectives’’; ‘‘outlook’’; ‘‘plan’’; ‘‘probably’’; ‘‘project’’; ‘‘risks’’; “schedule”; ‘‘seek’’; ‘‘should’’; ‘‘target’’; “vision”; ‘‘will’’; “would” and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect the future operations of Shell and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand for Shell’s products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks, including climate change; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative, judicial, fiscal and regulatory developments including tariffs and regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; (m) risks associated with the impact of pandemics, regional conflicts, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict in the Middle East, and a significant cyber security, data privacy or IT incident; (n) the pace of the energy transition; and (o) changes in trading conditions. No assurance is provided that future dividend payments will match or exceed previous dividend payments. All forward-looking statements contained in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional risk factors that may affect future results are contained in Shell plc’s Form 20-F and amendment thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 (available at www.shell.com/investors/news-and-filings/sec-filings.html and www.sec.gov). These risk factors also expressly qualify all forward-looking statements contained in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report and should be considered by the reader. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report, July 31, 2025. Neither Shell plc nor any of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report.

    Shell’s net carbon intensity

    Also, in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report we may refer to Shell’s “net carbon intensity” (NCI), which includes Shell’s carbon emissions from the production of our energy products, our suppliers’ carbon emissions in supplying energy for that production and our customers’ carbon emissions associated with their use of the energy products we sell. Shell’s NCI also includes the emissions associated with the production and use of energy products produced by others which Shell purchases for resale. Shell only controls its own emissions. The use of the terms Shell’s “net carbon intensity” or NCI is for convenience only and not intended to suggest these emissions are those of Shell plc or its subsidiaries.

    Shell’s net-zero emissions target

    Shell’s operating plan and outlook are forecasted for a three-year period and ten-year period, respectively, and are updated every year. They reflect the current economic environment and what we can reasonably expect to see over the next three and ten years. Accordingly, the outlook reflects our Scope 1, Scope 2 and NCI targets over the next ten years. However, Shell’s operating plan and outlook cannot reflect our 2050 net-zero emissions target, as this target is outside our planning period. Such future operating plans and outlooks could include changes to our portfolio, efficiency improvements and the use of carbon capture and storage and carbon credits. In the future, as society moves towards net-zero emissions, we expect Shell’s operating plans and outlooks to reflect this movement. However, if society is not net zero in 2050, as of today, there would be significant risk that Shell may not meet this target.

    Forward-Looking non-GAAP measures

    This Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report may contain certain forward-looking non-GAAP measures such as cash capital expenditure and Adjusted Earnings. We are unable to provide a reconciliation of these forward-looking non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures because certain information needed to reconcile those non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures is dependent on future events some of which are outside the control of Shell, such as oil and gas prices, interest rates and exchange rates. Moreover, estimating such GAAP measures with the required precision necessary to provide a meaningful reconciliation is extremely difficult and could not be accomplished without unreasonable effort. Non-GAAP measures in respect of future periods which cannot be reconciled to the most comparable GAAP financial measure are calculated in a manner which is consistent with the accounting policies applied in Shell plc’s consolidated financial statements.

    The contents of websites referred to in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report do not form part of this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report.

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    We may have used certain terms, such as resources, in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strictly prohibits us from including in our filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F and any amendment thereto, File No 1-32575, available on the SEC website www.sec.gov.

    This announcement contains inside information.

    July 31, 2025

         
    The information in this Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Report reflects the unaudited consolidated financial position and results of Shell plc. Company No. 4366849, Registered Office: Shell Centre, London, SE1 7NA, England, UK.

    Contacts:

    – Sean Ashley, Company Secretary

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    Classification: Half yearly financial reports and audit reports / limited reviews; Inside Information

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    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Euronext to launch voluntary share exchange offer for all ATHEX shares

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Euronext to launch voluntary share exchange offer for all ATHEX shares

    • Euronext announces the submission of a voluntary share exchange offer to acquire all shares of HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHEX STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. (“ATHEX”), in exchange for newly issued Euronext shares, at a fixed conversion rate of 20.000 ATHEX ordinary shares for each new Euronext share1.
    • The combination between Euronext and ATHEX is in line with Euronext’s ambition to integrate European capital markets. The combined Group will foster harmonisation of European capital markets on a unified technology. Greek markets would benefit from increased visibility towards global investors as part of the largest single liquidity pool in Europe.
    • €12 million of run-rate annual cash synergies are expected by 2028, with implementation costs related to these synergies expected at €25 million.
    • The Offer is in line with Euronext’s investment criteria of ROCE > WACC in year 3 to 5 after the acquisition and is expected to be accretive for Euronext shareholders after delivery of synergies in year 1.
    • ATHEX Board of Directors is unanimously supportive of the Offer to ATHEX shareholders and entered into a cooperation agreement with Euronext.

    Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris – 31 July 2025 – Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, today announces the submission of an all-share voluntary share exchange offer (the ‘Offer’) addressed to all shareholders of HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. (“ATHEX”), the parent company of the Greek financial infrastructure group ATHEX Group, in accordance with Greek Law 3461/2006 (the “Law”). Euronext initiated the Offer process by informing the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (the “HCMC”) and the Board of Directors of ATHEX of the Offer and submitting to them a draft of the Greek information circular (the “Information Circular”), in accordance with article 10, paragraph 1 of the Law. The Board of Directors of ATHEX is unanimously supportive of the Offer to ATHEX shareholders, and entered into a cooperation agreement with Euronext.

    Euronext’s Offer is subject to certain customary conditions and regulatory approvals. This Offer would be structured as a share exchange at a fixed conversion rate of 20.000 ATHEX ordinary shares for each new Euronext share. Based on Euronext’s closing price of €142.7 as of 30 July 2025, the proposed Offer values ATHEX at €7.14 per share and the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of ATHEX2 at approximately €412.8 million on a fully diluted basis.

    As the leading European market infrastructure, Euronext serves as the backbone of the European Savings and Investments Union, particularly at a time when strengthening the European Union’s global competitiveness is a key and shared priority. A potential combination with ATHEX would bring significant benefits to the Greek market by enhancing its international visibility, attracting investment, and providing access to Euronext’s integrated, state-of-the-art trading, clearing, and post-trade services. This transaction would also create new growth and synergy opportunities, support the harmonisation of European capital markets through a unified technology platform, and position Greece as a vital and permanent element of the broader EU financial ecosystem.

    Euronext is the largest liquidity pool in Europe, managing approximately 25% of European cash equity trading activity3 and operating markets in major financial hubs such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris. The combination would allow Greek financial markets participants to join a network of over 1,800 listed companies with a combined market capitalisation exceeding €6 trillion. The interest of Euronext for ATHEX reflects the strong confidence of Euronext in the development of the Greek economy and the growth potential coming from further integration of Greek capital markets into the Eurozone and improved access to international investors.

    Stéphane Boujnah, CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext said:
    “With the announced Offer to acquire ATHEX, the Greek capital market operator, Euronext makes a significant step towards a more integrated and more competitive capital market in Europe. Today, the commitment to progress towards a Savings and Investments Union in Europe is unprecedented, and we are fully dedicated to transform this commitment into a reality. Over the past years, thanks to our unique integration capabilities, we have created the leading European capital market infrastructure. Euronext targets to further expand its geographical footprint to Greece and establish a financing hub in the Southeast Europe region through ATHEX. Greece has experienced strong economic growth in recent years, supported by rising investment, growing international confidence, and solid economic indicators. This is the right time, the right moment to invest in Greece. Joining Euronext’s best-in-class trading and post trade technology will boost the visibility and attractiveness of the Greek markets at an international scale.”

    ATHEX Group overview

    ATHEX (ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE – GRS395363005 – EXAE) is the operator of the Greek capital market, with operations diversified across custody and settlement, clearing, cash equity and derivatives trading, IT and digital services, listing and data services. In H1 2025, 49% of ATHEX revenues were generated from its CSD and clearing business. ATHEXCLEAR, the group Central Counterparty, conducts the group’s clearing activities in Greece, as well as the derivative clearing in neighbouring countries. As of H1 2025, close to 150 companies were listed on ATHEX, with an average total market capitalisation of €127 billion. During H1 2025, ATHEX recorded average daily volumes of c.€198 million in cash equity and 51,600 average daily derivatives contracts traded. ATHEX owns 21% of the Greek power exchange EnEx.

    Over the past years, ATHEX has benefitted from a supportive macro environment, fuelled by the ongoing recovery of the Greek economy. In 2024, ATHEX generated net revenue of €52.0 million, a +76% increase compared to 2020, and €23.7 million of EBITDA (x3 vs. 2020). The Greek economy is expected to continue to significantly support the exchange business, through a continued re-pricing of assets and increased international appeal.

    Strategic rationale

    The Offer underscores Euronext’s unparalleled track record in integrating European capital markets, to the benefit of the competitiveness of the national and European financial markets.

    Since 2018, Euronext has demonstrated its ability to deliver strong benefits for the local ecosystem of acquired market operators. ATHEX would join Europe’s largest liquidity pool, bringing greater visibility and broader access to Greek issuers and investors, while enhancing overall market liquidity. The combination would increase the visibility of the Greek markets to a global investor base and enhance attractiveness of listing on Greek markets. Following the migration of Euronext Dublin, Euronext Oslo Børs and Borsa Italiana onto Euronext’s trading platform Optiq®, the average daily value traded on the markets has materially increased, and market quality metrics have improved significantly.

    With ATHEX joining Euronext, Europe’s leading equity listing venue in Europe, Greece would become a key hub for listings in the Southeast Europe region, under a harmonised framework, offering greater scale, visibility, and access to European liquidity.

    The fragmentation of the European post-trade landscape has been highlighted as major barrier to the integration and competitiveness of European capital markets. Euronext has significantly reduced this fragmentation with the expansion of its clearing house Euronext Clearing to its seven regulated markets in 2024. As part of its ‘Innovate for Growth 2027’ strategic plan, Euronext aims to position Euronext Securities as the CSD of choice for Europe. With the contemplated acquisition of ATHEX, Euronext further enhances the harmonisation of European post trade.

    The combination would allow Euronext to continue the geographic diversification of the Group, and position ATHEX as a new hub for Euronext’s development in the Southeast Europe region. Euronext and ATHEX would seek to strengthen the links between EnEx Group, the Greek exchange for power derivative and spot trading, and Euronext’s European electricity exchange Nord Pool. In addition, Euronext’s leading position, knowledge and state-of-the-art technology in fixed income could be leveraged to foster the development of Greek fixed income markets.

    Financial impact and integration plan

    Euronext expects to deliver significant synergies from the integration of ATHEX into its European market infrastructure. €12 million annual run-rate cash synergies are targeted by the end of 2028, notably through (i) the migration of Greek trading to Optiq, and (ii) harmonisation of central functions. Implementation costs to deliver those synergies are expected to amount to €25 million. The transaction is expected to be accretive for Euronext shareholders after delivery of synergies in year 1.

    Principal terms of the transaction

    The Offer would be made at a fixed ratio of 20.000 ATHEX ordinary shares for each new Euronext share. Based on Euronext’s closing price of €142.7 as of 30 July 2025, the proposed Offer values   ATHEX at €7.14 per share and the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of ATHEX4 at approximately €412.8 million on a fully diluted basis.

    The Offer Price represents a premium of approximately 27% on ATHEX 3-month volume-weighted average undisturbed share price as of 30 June 2025.

    The transaction would allow ATHEX’ shareholders to remain invested in the enlarged and significantly more diversified group by exchanging their ATHEX’ shares for Euronext’s shares and accordingly benefit from continued growth, value creation potential, liquidity and exposure to a multi-country pan-European group.

    The Offer is subject to a minimum acceptance condition of 67% of voting share capital of ATHEX. Euronext reserves the right to amend this level at its discretion in accordance with Greek law.

    The transaction is in line with Euronext’s investment criteria of ROCE above WACC in year 3 to 5 after the acquisition. The proposed Offer enables Euronext to preserve spare debt capacity to finance further diversification deals and to enhance the free float liquidity of the stock.

    The Offer is expected to be open for acceptance, subject to approval of the Information Circular, from Q4 2025. Shareholders of ATHEX are encouraged to review the Offer Announcement, which is available on www.euronext.com/investor-relations/offering-information-2025. The transaction is expected to be completed by end of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals. All Directors of the Board owning shares and the CEO of ATHEX have signed undertakings to tender their shares, subject to the issuance of a reasoned opinion by the Board in favour of the Offer as mandated by Greek law.

    As per the cooperation agreement, the Board of Directors of ATHEX shall not propose, without prior written consent of Euronext declaration, payment, or distribution of dividends to the shareholders or other distributions for 2024 or any interim dividends for 2025.

    Governance, management and supervision

    As a new major country in the Euronext federal model, Greece would be represented at Group level in Euronext’s governance. An independent figure of the Greek financial ecosystem would be proposed to join the Supervisory Board of Euronext at the 2026 AGM, in replacement for one of the current independent members of the Supervisory Board. In line with Euronext’s federal model, the CEO of ATHEX would be proposed to join the Managing Board of Euronext N.V. The Hellenic Capital Markets Commission would remain the primary supervisory authority for Greek markets and would be invited to join Euronext’s College of Regulators, becoming part of the supervision of Euronext at group level pari passu with other European regulators with a rotating chair every semester.

    CONTACTS – EURONEXT

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    About Euronext

    Euronext is the leading European capital market infrastructure, covering the entire capital markets value chain, from listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody, to solutions for issuers and investors. Euronext runs MTS, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets, and Nord Pool, the European power market. Euronext also provides clearing and settlement services through Euronext Clearing and its Euronext Securities CSDs in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal.
    As of June 2025, Euronext’s regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal host nearly 1,800 listed issuers with €6.3 trillion in market capitalisation, a strong blue-chip franchise and the largest global centre for debt and fund listings. With a diverse domestic and international client base, Euronext handles 25% of European lit equity trading. Its products include equities, FX, ETFs, bonds, derivatives, commodities and indices.
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    1 Offer is subject to customary and regulatory approvals.
    2 Based on a total number of shares as at 30 June 2025 of 57,850,000, which exclude the number of treasury shares of 2,498,000
    3 Including lit and Periodic Auctions
    4 Based on a total number of shares as at 30 June 2025 of 57,850,000, which exclude the number of treasury shares of 2,498,000

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  • MIL-OSI: ANNOUNCEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY SHARE EXCHANGE OFFER MADE BY EURONEXT N.V. TO ACQUIRE THE ORDINARY REGISTERED SHARES OF HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. IN CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES OF EURONEXT N.V.

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY, OR CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF, THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION OR REQUIRE EURONEXT AND/OR ATHEX TO TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION.

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    ANNOUNCEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY SHARE EXCHANGE OFFER MADE BY EURONEXT N.V. TO ACQUIRE THE ORDINARY REGISTERED SHARES OF HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. IN CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES OF EURONEXT N.V.

    31 July 2025

    Executive Summary

    Euronext N.V. (“Euronext” or the “Offeror”, and together with any and all of its directly, or indirectly, wholly, or partially, owned subsidiaries, the “Euronext Group”) announces today the submission of a voluntary share exchange offer (the “Tender Offer”) to acquire all common registered shares, each having a nominal value of €0.42 (each, an “ATHEX Share”) of HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. (“ATHEX” or the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries, the “ATHEX Group”), for newly issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Offeror, with a nominal value of €1.60 each (each, a “Consideration Share”) on a ratio of 0.050 Consideration Share for 1 ATHEX Share, in accordance with Greek Law 3461/2006 (the “Law”). Based on Euronext’s 1-week VWAP of €147.24 as of 29 July 2025, the Offer values the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital1 of ATHEX at approximately €425.9 million on a fully diluted basis.

    The purpose of the Tender Offer is for the Offeror to acquire direct control over ATHEX and integrate the ATHEX Group into the Euronext Group. Pursuant to the Tender Offer, the Offeror seeks to become the direct parent company of ATHEX and the ultimate parent company of ATHEX Group with a shareholding structure where all ATHEX shareholders will become shareholders of the Offeror.

    The principal objective of the Tender Offer is to acquire and integrate ATHEX into Euronext, a comprehensive pan-European business model characterized by a single liquidity pool, a single order book, a single trading technology platform, a common approach to listing and a unified post-trading framework in order to reduce fragmentation in European financial markets, reinforcing the Savings and Investment Union endeavors, and finance the real European economy effectively.

    The integration of ATHEX Group within the Euronext group is expected to (i) strengthen access to financing for Greek corporates, (ii) embed ATHEX within a pan-European trading framework, (iii) reinforce the operating resiliency of the local capital markets and (iv) create a unified post-trade infrastructure.

    Greek ecosystem to be fully part of the Offeror’s governance and supervision through (i) the CEO of ATHEX joining the Managing Board of Euronext, (ii) HCMC joining Euronext’s College of Regulators and (iii) subject to the Offeror’s shareholders’ and regulatory approvals, an independent director representing the Greek ecosystem will join the Offeror’s Supervisory Board.

    ATHEX Group will maintain its ties to Greece after the Tender Offer, retaining its head office in Athens, while ATHEX’s tax residence will remain in Greece.

    On 30 July 2025, the Offeror and ATHEX entered into a Cooperation Agreement that outlines the terms and conditions under which both the Offeror and ATHEX agree to work together towards the completion of the Tender Offer.

    In addition, all members of the Board of Directors of ATHEX owning ATHEX shares including CEO Yannos Kontopoulos have agreed to tender ATHEX shares they own today or may own during Tender Offer subject to the issuance of a reasoned opinion of ATHEX’s Board of Directors in favour of the Tender Offer.

    Deutsche Bank AG is acting as advisor to Euronext in connection with the Tender Offer.

    The Tender Offer

    In accordance with the Law, Euronext, announces the submission of the Tender Offer to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary registered shares of ATHEX, as at 30 July 2025 (the “Date of the Tender Offer”), i.e. 60,348,000 ATHEX Shares representing 100% of the total issued share capital and voting rights of ATHEX as at that date.

    ATHEX is a Greek société anonyme under the name “HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A.”, registered with the General Commercial Registry with registration number 003719101000 and registered seat at 110 Athinon Ave, 104 42, Athens. The share capital of ATHEX amounts to €25,346,160.00 and is divided into 60,348,000 shares, with a par value of €0.42 each, which has been fully paid-up. The ATHEX’s shares are commonly registered with a voting right. According to the announcements that ATHEX has published until and including 30 July 2025, ATHEX held an aggregate of 2,498,000 of issued ATHEX Shares (the “Treasury Shares”). ATHEX’s shares were admitted to trading on the Athens Stock Exchange in August 2000 and are currently traded on the main market of the Athens Stock Exchange under the trading symbol EXAE.

    The Date of the Tender Offer is the date on which Euronext initiated the Tender Offer process by informing the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (the “HCMC”) and the board of directors of ATHEX of the Tender Offer and submitting to them a draft of the Greek information circular (the “Information Circular”), in accordance with article 10, paragraph 1 of the Law.

    The Offeror will publish by way of separate announcement the commencement of the acceptance period of the Tender Offer (the “Acceptance Period”) and the means to tender.

    The companies of the Euronext Group are acting in concert with the Offeror for the purposes of the Tender Offer, pursuant to article 2, case (e) of the Law .There are no other persons acting in concert with the Offeror for the purposes of the Tender Offer, pursuant to article 2, case (e) of the Law. As at the Date of the Tender Offer, no ATHEX Shares were held, directly or indirectly, by the Euronext Group.

    The Offeror may purchase ATHEX Shares in the market or over-the-counter until and including the end of the Acceptance Period.

    On 30 July 2025, the Offeror and ATHEX entered into a cooperation agreement which details the cooperation between the Offeror and ATHEX in relation to the Tender Offer (the “Cooperation Agreement”). The Cooperation Agreement provides, among others, that ATHEX will not tender the Treasury Shares in the Tender Offer.

    Other than the Cooperation Agreement and the aforementioned written statements received by the Offeror from the ATHEX directors, there are no special agreements relating to the Tender Offer or the exercise of rights arising from the ATHEX Shares to which the Offeror is a party.

    The purpose of the Tender Offer is for the Offeror to acquire direct control over ATHEX and integrate the ATHEX Group into the Euronext Group. Pursuant to the Tender Offer, the Offeror seeks to become the direct parent company of ATHEX and the ultimate parent company of ATHEX Group with a shareholding structure where ATHEX shareholders will become shareholders of the Offeror.

    Consideration and Tender Offer Structure

    In consideration for every ATHEX Share lawfully and validly tendered in the Tender Offer, and in accordance with the first clause of paragraph 1 of article 9 of the Law, Euronext offers five hundredths (0.050) of a Consideration Share for 1 ATHEX Share (the “Offer Consideration”). The shares of the Offeror are held in book-entry form through the Central Securities Depository for the Offeror Shares (“Euronext Securities”).

    The Offer Consideration meets the criteria of “fair and equitable” consideration under article 9, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Law.

    1. The Offer Consideration of the Tender Offer means the amount of 0.050 Consideration Shares for 1 ATHEX Share, to be issued pursuant to the Tender Offer.
    2. As provided for in article 9, paragraph 5 (a) of the Law, the following shall be taken into account for the price of the ATHEX share:

    a)   its VWAP during the six months preceding the Date of the Tender Offer, where in this case the VWAP of ATHEX’s share during the six months preceding 30 July 2025, is €5.9770.

    b)   the Offeror did not acquire ATHEX Shares during the twelve (12) months preceding the Date of the Tender Offer.

    C. A valuation is not required for ATHEX based on the provisions of par. 6 of article 9 of the Law, as none of the conditions referred to therein are met, namely:

    • no sanctions have been imposed by the Board of Directors of HCMC for manipulation of ATHEX Shares that took place within the 18-month period preceding the Date of the Tender Offer,
    • during the six (6) months preceding the Date of the Tender Offer, (i) Share transactions have been carried out on the Athens Stock Exchange on more than three-fifths (3/5) of the operating days of the relevant market, and specifically, they amounted to 100% of them and (ii) Share transactions that have been carried out exceed ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares of ATHEX, and specifically, they amounted to 39.1% of them.
    • The “fair and equitable” consideration as determined by the criteria of paragraph 4 of Article 9 of the Law, exceeds eighty percent (80%) of the book value per share, based on the data of the average of the last two published financial statements of Law 3556/2007, on a consolidated basis.

    D.         As provided for in article 9 par. 5 (b) of the Law, for the price of the Offeror’s share provided as consideration, the VWAP of the Offeror’s share during the six months preceding the Date of the Tender Offer is taken into account, where in this case the VWAP of the Offeror’s share during the six months preceding 30 July 2025 is €135.0369.

    E. Therefore, 0.050 of the Offeror’s share provided as consideration is equal to €6.7518 per ATHEX Share, taking into account the VWAP of the Offeror Share. Therefore, the Offer Consideration meets the criteria of “fair and equitable” consideration, as described in Article 9, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Law.

    This amount on the Date of the Tender Offer exceeds by 13.0% the “fair and equitable” consideration, as defined in Article 9, paragraphs 4 and 5, as on the one hand the VWAP of ATHEX during the six months preceding the Tender Offer is €5.9770, and on the other hand the Offeror did not acquire Shares during the twelve (12) months preceding the Date of the Tender Offer.

    This amount on the Date of the Tender Offer represents a 7.51% discount to the closing price of the ATHEX Share on the Athens Stock Exchange on the date preceding the Date of the Tender Offer, which amounted to €7.3000, as both ATHEX and Euronext shares have appreciated over the past six months.

    In addition:

    • the Offer Consideration calculated on the basis of the price of the Offeror Share on the date preceding the Date of the Tender Offer represents a 1.7% discount to the closing price of the ATHEX Share on the Athens Stock Exchange on the date preceding the Date of the Tender Offer.
    • the Offer Consideration calculated on the basis of the price of the Offeror Share on 27 June 2025, being the date when the Offeror issued a statement confirming its discussions with ATHEX (the “Date of the Initial Statement”) exceeds by 21.3% the closing price of the ATHEX Share on the Athens Stock Exchange on the Date of the Initial Statement.

    On 15 May 2025, the general meeting of the Offeror has designated the Managing Board of the Offeror for a period of eighteen (18) months as the competent body to, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board of the Offeror, issue ordinary shares and to grant rights to subscribe for ordinary shares up to a total of 10% of the issued ordinary share capital at the date of the annual general meeting held in 2025, and to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights of shareholders pertaining to (the right to subscribe for) ordinary shares upon any issuance of ordinary shares (the AGM Delegation). Pursuant to the AGM-Delegation, the Managing Board of the Offeror resolved on 29 July 2025 to issue Consideration Shares, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Information Circular. On the same date, the Supervisory Board of the Offeror approved the resolution adopted by the Managing Board in accordance with the AGM-Delegation. The maximum number of Consideration Shares that Euronext will issue in connection with the Tender Offer, the Right of Squeeze-Out and the Right to Sell-Out (being 3,017,400 Consideration Shares) is smaller than the number of Offeror Shares that the Euronext boards are capable of issuing pursuant to such mandate (being 10,423,550 Offeror Shares). Euronext will assume payment of the duties levied in favor of the Hellenic Central Securities Depository S.A. (the “ATHEXCSD”) on the registration of the over-the-counter transfer of the Transferred Shares in accordance with the codified decision 18 (Meeting 311/22.02.2021) of the Board of Directors of ATHEXCSD, which would otherwise be payable by the accepting shareholders of ATHEX. Such duties amount to 0.08% and are calculated in accordance with the provisions of such decision.

    Shareholders who offer the ATHEX Shares they hold in the context of the Tender Offer, including those electing to receive the Cash Consideration in the context of the exercise of the Right of Squeeze-out or the Right to Sell-out, will also be responsible for all charges and taxes that are due in connection with the Tender Offer, and the Offeror assumes no responsibility nor liability in the payment of said charges and taxes other than the duties levied in favor of the ATHEXCSD expressly set forth in this Information Circular. Notably, based on the letter of the circular issued by the Greek Independent Authority for Public Revenue with reference number Ε.2048/2024, the transfer of the Transferred Shares to the Offeror in consideration for Consideration Shares can be excluded from the tax provided for in article 9 paragraph 2 of Law 2579/1998 in favor of the Greek State provided all conditions mentioned therein are met, which amounts to 0.10%, and is imposed on sales of shares listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, since such transfer does not constitute a sale under the abovementioned provision. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax implications of the Tender Offer that may concern them in Greece or abroad.

    Euronext will publish, through a separate announcement, the commencement of the Acceptance Period and the means to tender.

    If after the end of the Acceptance Period, Euronext possesses the Minimum Number of Shares but less than 52.065.000 ATHEX Shares representing 90% of the voting rights of ATHEX, ATHEX shares will continue to be traded in the Athens Stock Exchange.

    Squeeze-Out and Sell-Out Procedures, Delisting of ATHEX

    If, at the end of the Acceptance Period, Euronext holds at least 52,065,000 ATHEX Shares representing 90% of ATHEX’s total voting rights (the “Relevant Threshold”):

    (a)   Euronext will initiate the squeeze-out procedure under the Law to cause any remaining holders of Company Shares to transfer those ATHEX Shares to Euronext, in accordance with the Law (the “Right of Squeeze-Out”); and

    (b)   holders of ATHEX Shares who have not accepted the Tender Offer will be entitled, within a period of three (3) months from the publication of the results of the Tender Offer, to exercise the right to sell-out, in accordance with the Law (the “Right to Sell-Out”).

    The consideration offered for each Company Share regarding both the Right of Squeeze-Out and the Right to Sell-Out, will be in accordance with the provisions of Articles 27 and 28 of the Law.

    If the Relevant Threshold is reached or exceeded at the end of the Acceptance Period, the Offeror expects that the Right of Squeeze-out process will be completed within four to eight weeks after Closing. The Offeror intends to apply for the commencement of unconditional listing and trading on Euronext Amsterdam, Euronext Brussels, Euronext Lisbon and Euronext Paris of any Offeror Shares which may be issued as consideration in connection with the Right of Squeeze-out as soon as practicable following completion of the Right of Squeeze-out process.

    If the Relevant Threshold is reached or exceeded at the end of the Acceptance Period, the Right to Sell-out will automatically expire upon completion of the Right of Squeeze-Out. As a result, the Offeror expects that completion of the Right to Squeeze-out process will precede the completion of the Right of Sell-out process. If completion of the Right to Sell-out process does not precede the completion of the Right of Squeeze-out out process, the Offeror intends to apply for the commencement of unconditional listing and trading on Euronext Amsterdam, Euronext Brussels, Euronext Lisbon and Euronext Paris of any Offeror Shares which may be issued as consideration pursuant to the Right to Sell-out as soon as practicable following completion of the Right to Sell-out process.

    If, following completion of the Tender Offer or after the exercise of the Right of Squeeze-out or the Right to Sell-out, as the case may be, the Offeror holds 95% of ATHEX’s share capital, the Offeror intends to request the convocation of a General Meeting of the Shareholders to resolve upon the submission of an application to the HCMC requesting the delisting of the ATHEX Shares from the Athens Stock Exchange, in accordance with article 17 paragraph 5 of Law 3371/2005, at which (General Meeting) the Offeror will exercise its voting rights in favor of such resolution.

    Plans for ATHEX and Euronext following the Tender Offer

    Embed ATHEX within a pan-European trading framework

    As part of the combined group, ATHEX will be able to join the Euronext Group’s single liquidity pool, enabled by a single order book and powered by a single technology platform, where members can access all its markets in a seamless manner, with the ambition of deepening investor interest and creating greater liquidity as well as fair and transparent markets. Today, more than €13 billion worth of equities are traded daily on the Offeror’s seven (7) European markets that are part of the single liquidity pool. Thanks to its highly flexible architecture, the Offeror expects to see reduced time to market for new products in the combined group. This integration aims to deepen investor interest, create greater liquidity, and ensure fair and transparent markets.

    Strengthen access to financing for Greek corporates

    With ATHEX joining the Euronext Group, Greece will become a key hub for listings under a harmonized framework, offering greater scale, visibility, and access to European liquidity. In addition to listing larger Greek companies, the Offeror will bolster its capabilities in financing Greek SMEs. The pan-European pre-IPO educational program “IPOready” will be deployed across Greece. This program has already enabled over 1,200 companies to understand the benefits of listing, resulting in 33 new listings (€1.6 billion raised at listing, €5.7 billion aggregate market cap at listing). The Offeror will also provide a platform for Greek companies to list debt, diversifying their financing sources.

    Following the successful completion of the Tender Offer, ATHEX will be incorporated into a trusted framework for European and international investors. The Offeror has a proven track record of delivering substantial benefits to the local ecosystems of acquired market operators.

    Reinforce the operating resiliency of the local capital markets

    The Offeror’s size and operational DNA enable it to operate within extremely high reliability standards. The Offeror is investing massively in market technology and has built the best-in-class technology operations with cyber-security excellence. The Offeror has been granted the highest security ratings in its recent annual technology audit performed by Bitsight. The Offeror is a technology business first and foremost, with more than 875 technology and operations employees (35% of total employees), mainly located in Milan, Porto and Paris. ATHEX will benefit from an immediate change in scale in terms of technology platforms and operations, notably from a fully integrated cybersecurity and operational framework operation ensuring maximum resilience of the Greek market in a world of increasingly complex technology threats.

    Create a unified post-trade infrastructure

    The Offeror relies on a single clearing house, clearing all of its European market flows across cash and derivatives products. As part of the combined group, the Offeror intends to expand Euronext Clearing, which centralizes clearing for the whole Euronext Group, and which has benefitted from significant investments over the past few years, to Greek securities. This central European clearing expansion is key to the integration of Greek markets within the Offeror’s framework.

    The Offeror relies on a converging technology framework to create the conditions of success for the custody and settlement of financial products across Europe. As part of the combined group, the CSD function of ATHEX will be part of Euronext Securities’ convergence program, aiming at delivering a unified post-trading core settlement service through a single platform for securities settlement (TARGET2-Securities or T2S) by leveraging the CSDs of the Euronext Group.

    ATHEX as the cornerstone of the Offeror in Southeast Europe

    As the largest exchange group in the highly dynamic Southeastern region of Europe, ATHEX is best placed to lead the Offeror’s expansion across the region. As part of the Euronext Group, ATHEX will be the cornerstone of the Offeror’s expansion in the region, where business opportunities are numerous.

    Greek ecosystem to be fully part of the Offeror’s governance and supervision

    After and subject to successful completion of the Tender Offer, the composition of the Offeror’s Supervisory Board and the structure of its corporate governance will be amended. Subject to the Offeror’s shareholders and regulatory approvals, an independent director representing the Greek ecosystem will join the Offeror’s Supervisory Board.

    In addition, the Chief Executive Officer of the ATHEX will join the Offeror’s Managing Board, subject to the Offeror shareholders’ and regulatory approvals.

    In terms of regulatory framework, the Offeror is supervised at group level by a College of Regulators. The College of Regulators is made up of the seven (7) national regulatory authorities supervising the respective Euronext’s national regulated markets. After and subject to Closing occurring, the Offeror will recommend inviting HCMC to join the Offeror’s College of Regulators, pari passu with the national regulatory authorities currently supervising the Offeror, with a rotating chair every semester to exercise supervision at group level of the combined group. The direct regulatory oversight of ATHEX and the Greek market will remain unchanged. This will allow HCMC to continue regulating ATHEX and the Greek market and be part of the supervision of ATHEX at group-level through the Offeror’s College of Regulators.

    Reunite complementary skills and expertise

    Should the potential combination occur, it could create opportunities for knowledge sharing, career development, and cross-functional collaboration, fostering an environment where talent thrives. Euronext would aim to cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and entrepreneurial work environment. With a long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Euronext believes that recognizing and valuing diversity benefits both employees and the business’s long-term success. Euronext would ensure that ATHEX employees have opportunities for career development, encouraging them to take on wider responsibilities and roles in the pan-European development of their activities. They would also be encouraged to explore opportunities across various locations to embrace new challenges within Euronext. The diversification of Euronext’s businesses would consistently offer opportunities for high-performing employees, not only in traditional exchange roles but also in new activities developed through the innovation program.

    Following the successful completion of the Tender Offer and upon approval of the ATHEX shareholders meeting, the Offeror intends to modify, subject to ATHEX’s shareholders approval by a simple majority, ATHEX’s trademark name. As such, it will operate under the name “Euronext Athens”, fully embedding the Greek financial infrastructure and creating a sense of togetherness.

    Tender Offer Conditions

    Completion of the Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions and minimum number of shares:

    (a)   the approval of the HCMC in relation to the direct change of control of ATHEX;

    (b)   the approval of the HCMC in relation to the indirect change of control of ΑΤΗΕΧClear;

    (c)   the approval of the HCMC in relation to the indirect change of control of ATHEXCSD;

    (d)   the approval of RAEWW and the HCMC in relation to the change of control of ATHEX due to its participation in Hellenic Energy Exchange (“HenEx”) and EnEx Clearing House (“EnExClear”);

    (e)   the approval of the HCMC in relation to the acquisition by the Euronext Reference Shareholders2 of an indirect qualifying holding between 20% and 50% of ATHEX, ATHEXCSD and ATHEXClear;

    (f)   the issuance of a declaration of non-objection from the competent foreign authorities regarding the coordinated regulation and supervision of Euronext being the AMF, AFM, CBI, NFSA, FSMA, CMVM, and CONSOB (together with (a)-(f), the “Conditions”); and

    (g)   no later than the end of the Acceptance Period, at least 38,759,500 ATHEX Shares, corresponding to at least 67% of ATHEX’s total paid-up voting share capital, shall have been lawfully and validly tendered to the Offeror (the “Minimum Number of Shares”). This condition may be amended in accordance with the provisions of the Law.

    If (i) the Minimum Number of Shares is not fulfilled as at the end of the Acceptance Period and/or (ii) the Conditions are not satisfied, the Tender Offer will ipso jure lapse, with retroactive effect, and have no legal effect, and the ATHEX Shares tendered to the Offeror will be returned to their holders.

    The Offeror may revoke the Tender Offer if (i) a competing offer, as provided by the Law, has been submitted, or (ii) subject to the HCMC’s approval, if an unforeseen change in circumstances beyond the control of the Offeror occurs that makes the Tender Offer particularly onerous.

    The declarations of acceptance which are submitted cannot be revoked, unless a competing offer, as provided by the Law, has been submitted, in which case the accepting shareholder will be entitled to exercise a revocation right.

    Shareholders’ Statements – Undertakings

    All members of the Board of Directors of ATHEX owning ATHEX shares including CEO Ioannis Kontopoulos have provided irrevocable undertakings to tender their shares in the Tender Offer subject to the issuance of a reasoned opinion of ATHEX’s Board of Directors in favour of the Tender Offer.

    Name Number of shares held
    George Ηandjinicolaou 15,000
    Ioannis Kontopoulos 95,000

    Euronext Advisors

    Deutsche Bank AG, a credit institution incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany with its principal office in Frankfurt am Main, registered address Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, acts as advisor of Euronext in respect of the Tender Offer, in accordance with article 12 of the Law (the “Advisor”).

    For the purpose of the Tender Offer only, Deutsche Bank AG has certified to the HCMC that Euronext (i) has taken all appropriate measures to be able to issue and deliver the Euronext Shares to the shareholders who will accept the Tender Offer and (ii) has the necessary wherewithal to pay in full the total amount in respect of the 0.16% clearing duties, namely 0.08% payable by Euronext and 0.08% payable by each of ATHEX’s shareholders who lawfully and validly accept the Tender Offer, payable by Euronext to the Hellenic Central Securities Depository S.A., in connection with the registration of the over-the-counter transfer of all the ordinary shares of ATHEX tendered to Euronext by ATHEX’s shareholders. It is clarified that this certificate does not constitute any offer of financing or any other type of commitment and/or assumption of any obligation whatsoever, and that this certificate is not provided as nor does it constitute advice, or recommendation within the meaning of Article 729 of the Greek Civil Code. Deutsche Bank AG, by means of this certificate, does not provide any guarantee (within the meaning of Article 847 of the Greek Civil Code) or letter of guarantee, for the fulfillment of the delivery obligations, monetary or other obligations undertaken by the Offeror in the context of the Tender Offer.

    About Euronext

    Euronext is a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands on 15 March 2014 and is domiciled in the Netherlands. Euronext’s statutory seat (statutaire zetel) is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and its registered office and principal place of business is at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Company is registered with the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce for Amsterdam, the Netherlands, under number 60234520, and the telephone number is +31 (0)20-7214444. Euronext’s LEI is 724500QJ4QSZ3H9QU415 and its corporate website is https://www.euronext.com/en.

    Under its Articles of Association, the Offeror’s authorized share capital amounts to €200,000,001.60 and is divided into 125,000,000 Ordinary Shares, each with a nominal value of €1.60 and one priority share with a nominal value of €1.60. The priority share has not been issued. All of Euronext’s shares have been or will be issued under Dutch law.

    As of December 31st, 2024, the Offeror’s issued share capital amounted to €166,776,811.20 and was divided into 104,235,507 ordinary shares, whereas the Offeror held 1,475,395 treasury shares.

    On 11 March 2025, the Offeror announced the completion of its €300 million share repurchase programme for which 2,692,979 shares, or approximately 2.58% of Euronext’s share capital, were repurchased.

    Following the repurchase programme, and as of the cancellation of the purchased shares under this programme which is expected to occur on 5 August 2025, the Offeror’s issued share capital amounts to €162,468,044.80 and divided into 101,542,528 ordinary shares.

    On 22 May 2025, the Offeror launched an offering of bonds due 2032 convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares (“OCEANEs”) for a nominal amount of €425 million. Bondholders will be granted the right to convert or exchange the Bonds into new and/or existing Shares (the “Conversion/Exchange Right”) which they may exercise at any time from the 41st day (inclusive) following the Issue Date (30 May 2025) up to the 7th business day (inclusive) preceding the Maturity Date (30 May 2032) or, as the case may be, the relevant early redemption date. For illustrative purposes, considering a nominal amount of €425 million, a reference share price of €145 and a 32.5% conversion premium corresponding to the mid-point of the marketing range, the potential dilution would represent approximately 2.1% of the Company’s outstanding share capital, if the Conversion/Exchange Right was exercised for all the Bonds and the Company decided to deliver new Shares only upon exercise of the Conversion/Exchange Right.

    The Offeror is subject to the provisions of the Dutch Civil Code, the Dutch Financial Supervision Act and the Articles of Association with regard to the issue of shares following admission. The shares are in registered form and are only available in the form of an entry in the Offeror’s shareholders’ register and not in certificated form.

    The Euronext Group provides exchange listing, trading, post trade and related services in Europe. The Company operates Regulated Markets and Multilateral Trading Facilities (each a “MTF”) in seven European countries (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal). The Group operates these venues under a regulatory licence, under national legislation implementing MiFID II / MiFIR granted to the local market operator and the relevant National Competent Authority (each a “NCA”) or Ministry when appropriate. Each market operator is subject to the national laws and regulations supervised by the NCAs, central banks and finance ministries as appropriate. As part of their regular supervision, NCAs perform from time-to-time audits, inspections and on-site visits. This may lead to recommendations or other measures as appropriate. The Group also operates central securities depositories (each a “CSD”) in four European countries (Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal). Each of the CSDs is a limited liability company subject to national laws and regulations; however, they all operate under the brand “Euronext Securities”. VP Securities A/S (Euronext Securities Copenhagen), Monte Titoli S.p.A. (Euronext Securities Milan), Interbolsa S.A. (Euronext Securities Porto), and Verdipapirsentralen ASA (Euronext Securities Oslo) hold a licence under the CSDR, under limited national implementing provisions, granted by their NCA on 3 January 2018, 18 December 2019, 12 July 2018, and 28 January 2022 respectively.

    Euronext, through Euronext Securities Copenhagen, Euronext Securities Milan and Euronext Securities Porto, participates in the ECB’s TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform. The CSDs migrated respectively in September 2016 (with EUR in 2016 and with Danish Kroner in 2018), August 2015 and March 2016.

    Moreover, the Group operates a Central Counterparty in Italy, Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A (“Euronext Clearing“). The company was incorporated on 31 March 1992, holds its registered office in Rome at Via Tomacelli 146, and is registered with the Italian Register of Companies under no. 04289511000. It is authorised by the Bank of Italy as a CCP pursuant to Article 17 of EMIR with effect from 20 May 2014.

    Important Notices

    General

    The Tender Offer described herein is addressed to holders of ATHEX Shares and only to persons to whom it may be lawfully addressed. The Tender Offer will be made in the territory of the Hellenic Republic. The making of the Tender Offer to specific persons who are residents in or nationals or citizens of jurisdictions outside the Hellenic Republic or to custodians, nominees or trustees of such persons (the “Excluded Shareholders”) may be made only in accordance with the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of the Excluded Shareholders and each person wishing to accept the Tender Offer to inform themselves of and ensure compliance with the laws of their respective jurisdictions in relation to the Tender Offer. If you have any doubts as to your status, you should consult with your professional advisor in the relevant jurisdiction.

    The Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, by mail or by any means in or into any jurisdiction within which, under its laws, rules and regulations, the submission, the making or the presentation of the Tender Offer or the mailing or distribution of the Information Circular to be approved by the HCMC a declaration of acceptance and any other document or material relevant thereto (together, the “Relevant Documents”) is illegal or contravenes any applicable legislation, rule or regulation (together, the “Excluded Territories”). Accordingly, copies of any such Relevant Documents and materials will not be, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, distributed or otherwise sent to anyone or from anyone in or into or from any Excluded Territory.

    No Offeror Shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to the Tender Offer to the public in the United Kingdom, except that the Offeror Shares may be offered to the public in the United Kingdom at any time: (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation; (b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation); or (c) in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the FSMA. Provided that no such offer of the Offeror Shares shall require Euronext or the Advisor to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to the Offeror Shares in the United Kingdom means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any Offeror Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any Offeror Shares and the expression “UK Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

    The Consideration Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States absent registration, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state and other securities laws of the United States. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Consideration Shares in the United States. Euronext has no intention to register any part of the Tender Offer in the United States or make a public offering of the Consideration Shares in the United States. Any Consideration Shares offered in the United States will be offered only to (i) holders of the Company Shares located outside of the United States and (ii) holders of Company Shares located within the United States that are “Qualified Institutional Buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). Such holders of Company Shares will be required to make such acknowledgements and representations to, and agreements with, Euronext as Euronext may require establishing that they are entitled to receive Consideration Shares pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Accordingly, any holder of Company Shares located within the United States who is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer or who does not make such acknowledgement and representation to establish their entitlement to receive the Consideration Shares is ineligible to participate in the Tender Offer, and any purported acceptance of the Tender Offer by such holder will be ineffective and disregarded.

    The Tender Offer is being made in the U.S. in reliance on the expected availability of the Tier II exemption pursuant to Rule 14d-1(d) of, and otherwise in compliance with Section 14E of, and Regulation 14E promulgated under, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Greek law. The Tender Offer is not subject to Section 14(d)(1) of, or Regulation 14D promulgated under, the Exchange Act. The Company is not currently subject to the periodic reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and is not required to, and does not, file any reports with the SEC thereunder.

    Pursuant to exemptive relief granted by the SEC from Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, during the period of the Tender Offer, Euronext may purchase, or arrange to purchase, whether directly or through any of its affiliates, any broker or other financial institution acting as its agent or any affiliates of any broker or other financial institution acting as its agent, shares of the Company as permitted by applicable law. The Offeror Shares are issued to the Company’s existing shareholders in Singapore without the intention of being on-sold there, and no documents issued by or on behalf of the Company may be used in any subsequent sale by these shareholders. The Information Circular has not been and will not be lodged with or registered as a prospectus under the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Therefore, the Information Circular does not constitute an offer or invitation for the sale or purchase of the Offeror Shares in Singapore, whether directly or indirectly, and shall not form the basis of any contract for the issue or sale of the Consideration Shares in Singapore.

    This announcement is only made available to a limited number of “Professional Investors” within the meaning of the SCA’s Board of Directors Decision No. 13 of 2021 Concerning the Financial Activities Rule Book, as amended. By receiving this announcement, the entity to whom it has been issued understands, acknowledges and agrees that it has not been approved by or filed with the UAE Central Bank, the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA“), the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi (“FSRA“) or any other relevant regulatory or licensing authorities in the UAE, nor has the originator, or any other related party received authorization or licensing from the UAE Central Bank, the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, the DFSA, the FSRA, or any other authorities in the UAE. This announcement does not constitute a public offer of Offeror Shares in the UAE in accordance with the UAE SCA Chairman of the Board Resolution No. (11/R.M) of 2016 On the Regulations for Issuing and Offering Shares of Public Joint Stock Companies, Federal Decree-No. 32 of 2021 on Commercial Companies, or otherwise.

    The Offeror Shares may not be publicly offered, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act (“FinSA“) and no application has or will be made to admit the Offeror Shares to trading on any trading venue (exchange or multilateral trading facility) in Switzerland. The Information Circular and any related offering or marketing materials regarding the Offeror Shares do not constitute a prospectus under the FinSA and must not be publicly distributed or made available in Switzerland.

    The Offeror Shares have not been licensed for offering in Kuwait by the Kuwait Capital Markets Authority or any other relevant Kuwaiti government agency. The offering of the Offeror Shares in Kuwait on the basis a private placement or public offering is, therefore, restricted in accordance with Law No. 7 of 2010 and the bylaws thereto (as amended). No private or public offering of the Offeror Shares is being made in Kuwait, and no agreement relating to the sale of the Ordinary Shares will be concluded in Kuwait. No marketing or solicitation or inducement activities are being used to offer or market the Offeror Shares in Kuwait.

    The Offeror Shares may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Offeror Shares must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

    The Offeror Shares have not been and will not be registered in Japan pursuant to Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended, the “FIEA“) in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements since the offering constitutes the private placement to qualified institutional investors only as provided for in “i” of Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 2 of the FIEA. A transferor of the Offeror Shares shall not transfer or resell them except where a transferee is a qualified institutional investor under Article 10 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance concerning Definitions provided in Article 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (the Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 14 of 1993, as amended).

    This announcement does not constitute an invitation to the public in the Cayman Islands. Any invitation to participate in the Tender Offer is not being conducted in or from with the Cayman Islands or a place of business in the Cayman Islands.

    No person receiving a copy of this announcement or of any Relevant Document in any jurisdiction outside the Hellenic Republic may treat any such document as if it constituted a solicitation or offer to such person and under no circumstances may such person use any Relevant Document if, in the relevant jurisdiction, such solicitation or offer may not be lawfully made to such person or if such Relevant Document may not be lawfully used without breaching any legal requirements. In those instances, any such Relevant Document is sent for information purposes only.

    This regulatory announcement does not contain, constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or subscribe or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction, and neither this regulatory announcement (nor any part of it) nor the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or may be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment whatsoever.

    Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    The information contained in this announcement does not purport to be full or complete. The exact dates of the Tender Offer may change.

    This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which change over time and relate to, amongst others, the business activities and certain plans and objectives that Euronext has in respect of the ATHEX Group and the Euronext Group. In some cases, the forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “may”, “hope”, “might”, “can”, “could”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue” and the negative of these terms accordingly. There are many factors (for instance, without limitation, commercial, operational, economic, political and financial), as a consequence of which the actual results and the actual developments may potentially substantially differ from the plans and the objectives of Euronext and the ATHEX Group set out in this announcement. As such, Euronext and the ATHEX Group evolve in a highly competitive landscape and rapidly changing environment, where new risks and uncertainties not specifically described herein this announcement may emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties.

    Although Euronext believes that, as of the date of this announcement, the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Euronext cannot assure you that future events will meet these expectations. Moreover, neither Euronext nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. After the date of this announcement, unless Euronext is required by applicable law to update these forward-looking statements, Euronext will not necessarily update any of these forward-looking statements to conform them either to actual results or to changes in expectations.


    1 Based on a total number of shares as at 30 June 2025 of 57,850,000, which exclude the number of treasury shares of 2,498,000
    2 These are the Reference Shareholders:

    Attachment

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  • MIL-OSI: Valeura Energy Inc.: 2024 Sustainability Report Released

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) (“Valeura” or the “Company”) announces the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report. 

    Dr. Sean Guest, President and CEO commented:

    “Our 2024 Sustainability Report underscores our commitment to transparency in everything we do.  We are proud of our performance on the important dimensions of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and governance.  This includes having reduced our greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 20% in 2024, our first full year of operations in Thailand.  Our 2024 Sustainability Report elaborates on this achievement and demonstrates our progress across a wide array of sustainability-related metrics, as measured against the baseline data we presented in our inaugural sustainability report, last year.”

    Valeura’s 2024 Sustainability Report was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, and has been made available on the Valeura website, under the Sustainability section.  The Company has also published a report on its compliance with the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (commonly referred to as Canada’s Modern Slavery Act) and has uploaded its latest annual report in accordance with Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act

    For further information, please contact:

    Valeura Energy Inc. (General Corporate Enquiries)
    Sean Guest, President and CEO
    Yacine Ben-Meriem, CFO
    Contact@valeuraenergy.com
    +65 6373 6940
       
    Valeura Energy Inc. (Investor and Media Enquiries)
    Robin James Martin, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations
    IR@valeuraenergy.com
    +1 403 975 6752 / +44 7392 940495
       

    Contact details for the Company’s advisors, covering research analysts and joint brokers, including Auctus Advisors LLP, Canaccord Genuity Ltd (UK), Cormark Securities Inc., Research Capital Corporation, and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, are listed on the Company’s website at www.valeuraenergy.com/investor-information/analysts/.

    About the Company

    Valeura Energy Inc. is a Canadian public company engaged in the exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas in Thailand and in Türkiye. The Company is pursuing a growth-oriented strategy and intends to re-invest into its producing asset portfolio and to deploy resources toward further organic and inorganic growth in Southeast Asia. Valeura aspires toward value accretive growth for stakeholders while adhering to high standards of environmental, social and governance responsibility.

    Additional information relating to Valeura is also available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

    This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction, including where such offer would be unlawful. This news release is not for distribution or release, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Ireland, the Republic of South Africa or Japan or any other jurisdiction in which its publication or distribution would be unlawful.

    Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

    This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Secretary-General of ASEAN bids farewell to Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to ASEAN

    Source: ASEAN

    Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received a farewell call from Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to ASEAN, Ina Ruth Luise Lepel, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. SG Dr. Kao thanked Ambassador Lepel for her dedication in advancing the ASEAN-Germany cooperation throughout her tenure in Jakarta. He also conveyed his readiness to work closely with her successor to continue the momentum and to further strengthen ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership.

    The post Secretary-General of ASEAN bids farewell to Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to ASEAN appeared first on ASEAN Main Portal.

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  • MIL-OSI: Crédit Agricole Assurances : Record activity with highest net inflows

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Press release                                                                                      Paris, July 31, 2025

    Record activity with highest net inflows

    H1 2025 KEY FIGURES:

    • Total premium income1at a record high of €27.5 billion, up +19.4%
    • Record first half net inflows2of +€8.2 billion, of which more than half on the General Account
    • Net income Group share3of €1,016 million, up +5.8% excluding the effect of the exceptional corporate income tax
    • Solvency II prudential ratio estimated at 202%

    “The results of this first half of the year confirm the positive momentum observed over the past few months across all our business lines, both in France and abroad. This revenues growth, which follows a trend that is similar to the one observed last year, is driven by our clients’ needs in both savings and protection. This first half of the year was also marked by investment operations aligned with our commitment to serving the common good, such as our support for the development of Eutelsat and ADIT. More than ever, these results strengthen our commitment and reinforce our strategy at the service of our clients, our partner banks, and more broadly, of society.
    Nicolas Denis, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances

    DOUBLE-DIGIT ACTIVITY GROWTH, DRIVEN BY SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT BUSINESS

    In the first half of 2025, Crédit Agricole Assurances generated record total premium income1 of €27.5 billion, up +19.4% compared to the end of June 2024. Life insurance business was particularly dynamic in France (+27.8%) driven by the inflow collection of partner banks.

    In savings and retirement, premium income1 reached €20.8 billion at the end of June 2025, up +24.6% year-on-year. The first half year of 2025 benefited from the full effect of the preferential profit sharing (PAB) offers on euro payments, launched at the end of the first half of 2024; these boosted gross inflows2 on the General Account to €13.9 billion (+29.5%). Unit-Linked gross inflows2 totalled €6.9 billion, up +15.9% compared to the first half of 2024. As a result, the share of Unit-Linked within gross inflows2 stood at 33.2% (-2.5 points year on-year).

    Net inflows2 set a half year record of +€8.2 billion, up +€5.7 billion compared to the first half of 2024. By product, net inflows2 amounted to +€4.4 billion on the General Account and +€3.8 billion on Unit-linked.

    Life insurance outstandings4 reached €359.4 billion at the end of June 2025 thanks to very strong net inflows and a positive market effect. They included €251.0 billion on the General Account (+3.2% over six months) and €108.4 billion on Unit-Linked (+4.1% over six months). Unit-Linked reserves represented 30.2% of total life insurance outstandings at the end of June 2025, up +0.2 point compared to December 31, 2024.

    In property and casualty, the business continued to grow with gross written premiums1 up +8.5% compared to the end of June 2024, reaching €4.0 billion. The portfolio exceeded 16.9 million contracts and grew by +2.8%, representing a net contribution of nearly 470,000 contracts over one year; in addition to the price increases induced by climate change and the inflation of repair costs, the average premium benefited from changes in the product mix.

    Equipment rates within the Crédit Agricole Group’s banks kept growing year-on-year, at the Regional Banks (44.2%5, up +0,7 point), LCL (28.4%5, up +0.6 point) and CA Italia (20.6%6, up +0.9 point).

    In personal protection (death and disability / creditor / group insurance7), gross written premiums1 increased by +1.8% compared to the end of June 2024, to €2.7 billion. Group insurance (+12.0%) and individual death and disability (+4.8%) recorded good performances. Creditor insurance was down slightly (-1.4%), notably due to international consumer credit.

    RESILIENT RESULTS REFLECTING BUSINESS GROWTH

    Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share reached €1,016 million for the first half of 2025, down -1.7% over one year. Adjusted for the exceptional tax contribution on the profits of large companies, Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share rose by +5.8%, reflecting the change in revenues.

    The combined ratio8 was stable year-on-year at 94.7% (+0.1 point compared to June 2024).
    With a neutral impact of discount, the net undiscounted combined ratio increased by +0.1 point over one year to stand at 97.4%.

    The Contractual Service Margin9 amounted to €26.8 billion at the end of the first half of 2025, up +6.3% since December 31, 2024. It included a strong contribution from new business of €1.7 billion, driven by revenues growth higher than the release through P&L (-€1.1 billion). Stock revaluation effect stood at +€1.0 billion due to positive market effect.

    SOLVENCY 

    At the end of June 2025, Crédit Agricole Assurances once again demonstrated its strength, with a Solvency II prudential ratio estimated at 202%.

    RATINGS

    Rating agency Date of last decision Main operating subsidiaries Crédit Agricole Assurances S.A. Outlook Subordinated debt
    Tier 2 Restricted Tier 1
    S&P Global Ratings October 3, 2024 A+ A Stable BBB+ BBB

    HIGHLIGHTS SINCE THE LAST PUBLICATION

    About Crédit Agricole Assurances
    Crédit Agricole Assurances, France’s leading insurer, is Crédit Agricole group’s subsidiary, which brings together all the insurance businesses of Crédit Agricole S.A. Crédit Agricole Assurances offers a range of products and services in savings, retirement, health, personal protection and property insurance. They are distributed by Crédit Agricole’s banks in France and in 9 countries worldwide, and are aimed at individual, professional, agricultural and business customers. At the end of 2024, Crédit Agricole Assurances had more than 6,700 employees. Its 2024 premium income (non-GAAP) amounted to 43.6 billion euros.
    www.ca-assurances.com

    Press contacts
    Géraldine Bailacq +33 (0)6 81 75 87 59
    Nicolas Leviaux +33 (0)6 19 60 48 53
    Julien Badé +33 (0)7 85 18 68 05
    service.presse@ca-assurances.fr
    Investor relations contacts
    Yael Beer-Gabel +33 (0)1 57 72 66 84
    Gaël Hoyer +33 (0)1 57 72 62 22
    Sophie Santourian +33 (0)1 57 72 43 42
    Cécile Roy +33 (0)1 57 72 61 86
    relations.investisseurs@ca-assurances.fr

    Appendix – Activity analysis by geographic area

    Geographic area H1 2025 revenues1
    In billion euros
    H1 2024 revenues1
    In billion euros
    Change over 1 year
    At constant scope
    France 23.5 18.9 +24.1%
    Italy 3.0 3.0 +0.5%
    Other countries 1.1 1.2 -9.0%

    1« Non-GAAP » revenues
    2In local GAAP
    3The contribution to the net income Group share of Crédit Agricole S.A. amounted to €997 million. The difference with Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share was mainly due to analytical restatements amounting to 16 million
    4Savings, Retirement and Protection (funeral)
    5Percentage of Regional banks and LCL customers with at least one motor, home, health, legal, mobile/portable or personal accident insurance policy marketed by Pacifica, French Crédit Agricole Assurances’ non-life insurance subsidiary
    6Percentage of CA Italia network customers with at least one policy marketed by CA Assicurazioni, Italian Crédit Agricole Assurances’ non-life insurance subsidiary
    7Excluding savings and retirement
    8P&C combined ratio in France (Pacifica scope) including discounting and excluding undiscounting, net of reinsurance: (claims + operating expenses + commissions) to gross earned premiums
    9CSM or Contractual Service Margin: corresponds to the expected profits by the insurer on the insurance activity, over the duration of the contract, for profitable contracts, for Savings, Retirement, Death and Disability and Creditor products

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  • MIL-OSI: Exosens launches a share buyback programme

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PRESS RELEASE
    MÉRIGNAC, FRANCE – 31 JULY 2025

    EXOSENS LAUNCHES A SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME

    Exosens (the “Company”) announces the launch of a share buyback programme and has today entered into an agreement with an investment services provider to repurchase a maximum of 240,000 shares. The buyback period will commence on 31 July 2025 and end on 31 October 2025.

    The shares repurchased under this mandate are intended to be used to cover performance share plans for employees of the Group.

    This programme is implemented pursuant to the authorisation granted by the Company’s General Meeting of Shareholders held on 23 May 2025, under the terms of the 10th resolution. The purchase price shall not exceed the maximum price authorised by the shareholders at that meeting.

    Further details on the programme can be found in section 7.3.4 of the 2024 Universal Registration Document of Exosens.

    All information regarding share repurchases carried out under this programme will be made available on the Company’s website: www.exosens.com (under: Home > Investors > Regulated Information > Share Buyback Programme).

    About Exosens

    Exosens is a high‐tech company, with more than 85 years of experience in the innovation, development, manufacturing and sale of high‐end electro‐optical technologies in the field of amplification, detection and imaging. Today, it offers its customers detection components and solutions such as travelling wave tubes, advanced cameras, neutron & gamma detectors, instrument detectors and light intensifier tubes. This allows Exosens to respond to complex issues in extremely demanding environments by offering tailor‐made solutions to its customers. Thanks to its sustained investments, Exosens is internationally recognized as a major innovator in optoelectronics, with production and R&D carried out on 11 sites in Europe and North America, and employs over 1,900 employees. Exosens is listed on the compartment A of the Euronext Paris regulated market (ticker: EXENS; ISIN: FR001400Q9V2). Exosens is a member of Euronext Tech Leaders segment and is also included in several indices, including the SBF 120, CAC All-Tradable, CAC Mid 60, FTSE Total Cap and MSCI France Small Cap. For more information: www.exosens.com.

    Investor relations

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  • MIL-OSI: involve.me Launches First-Ever Conversational AI Agent for Funnel Creation

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Vienna, Austria – 31th July 2025 – involve.me, a leading funnel builder platform, proudly announces the beta release of its AI Agent, the first conversational AI for funnel creation. Designed to transform how businesses build and optimize sales and marketing funnels, the AI Agent allows users to generate, customize, and refine high-converting funnels using simple English prompts. Users can create interactive landing pages & website embeds with quizzes, forms, surveys and calculators simply by chatting with AI. This marks a new era of user-friendly, intelligent funnel design.

    “Over the past year, ‘vibe-coding’ platforms like Lovable and Bolt have gained traction by letting users describe apps in natural language and generate prototypes using AI. While visually impressive, these apps often mask underlying issues (bugs, unhandled edge cases, and security vulnerabilities) that make them unfit for live, business-critical use. What works in a demo rarely works in the real world,” said Vlad Gozman, CEO at involve.me.”

    The involve.me AI Agent acts as a virtual funnel expert, capable of generating multi-step funnels, landing pages, and website embeds based on natural language input. Users can then chat with the AI to refine elements in real-time and use the traditional drag-and-drop editor alongside it. This dual approach ensures the user stays in complete control of the creative process every step of the way, while using the stress-tested infrastructure of the platform already used by over 4500 customers.

    “We handle our customers’ customer data, so it was crucial to blend the magic of conversational AI funnel generation with the robustness and reliability of business-grade software” Gozman said when talking about deploying the AI Agent at scale in real-world business use-cases.

    Key Highlights of the AI Agent:

    • Conversational funnel creation: The AI Agent allows users to build complete sales and marketing funnels simply by typing plain English prompts in a chat interface. Whether the user needs a lead generation form, a product quiz, or a pricing calculator, the AI iteratively translates ideas into working funnels. Users can ask the AI to make further tweaks in conversations.
    • Dual editing experience with full control: The AI Agent works alongside involve.me’s drag-and-drop editor, allowing for seamless collaboration between AI-powered automation and manual customization. This hybrid approach keeps users in control.

    “Unlike tools that generate code from scratch, involve.me’s AI Agent builds with production-tested components native to our funnel platform, ensuring security, stability, and reliability from the start”, says Gozman.

    • Built by AI using native components: The AI Agent can leverage many features and building blocks of involve.me. It can implement a multi-page funnel structure, add context relevant content elements, write the required copy, map answers to outcomes and more. And involve.me plans to roll out fast iterations, adding more and more tools, with the aim of eventually making it “the most knowledgeable user of the platform”, according to Gozman.  
    • Eliminates the learning curve: New users can get started without watching tutorials or reading through the knowledge base. The AI acts as a personal assistant, turning user requests into funnel features that users can tweak conversationally or by drag & drop.
    • Agency-level output, in-house: It eliminates the need for external help, as it puts the power of expert-level funnel creation in every user’s hands. The AI Agent is like an involve.me super-user on demand, delivering results that typically require hours of training or help from an agency.
    • The AI Agent is available at no extra cost for all involve.me users, across both free and paid plans: This makes AI-powered funnel creation accessible to businesses of any size, without additional overhead.
    • It’s built on a model-agnostic foundation, supporting multiple large language models (LLMs): This flexible setup means involve.me isn’t tied to any single provider and can easily integrate more advanced models as they emerge, keeping users consistently equipped with the latest AI capabilities.

    The current beta release of the AI Agent focuses on funnel creation and editing, but this is only the initial phase of its development. The AI Agent will expand to support full design & logic customization, end-to-end workflow creation, automation, and more. As part of the beta launch, users have the opportunity to shape the future of the AI Agent by providing feedback, suggesting new use cases, and helping prioritize upcoming features in collaboration with the involve.me team.

    About involve.me

    involve.me is an AI-enhanced funnel platform designed to help businesses convert website visitors into qualified leads through interactive, conversion-optimized experiences. Featuring a powerful drag-and-drop editor, over 300 templates, and a suite of personalization features, involve.me enables users to create everything from product finders and quote calculators to lead magnets and appointment forms.

    With the launch of the chat-native AI Agent, involve.me extends its commitment to innovation, combining ease-of-use with deep customization and intelligent automation. The platform integrates with over 60 tools, supports advanced analytics, and is fully GDPR-compliant, making it a trusted solution for companies across sectors and sizes.

    For more information on involve.me’s AI Agent, please visit: involve.me/ai-agent

    Media Contact:
    Jonathan Davies        
    Content Marketer
    involve.me
    jonathan@involve.me
    +43 676 54 53 047

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  • MIL-OSI: International Petroleum Corporation to release Second Quarter 2025 Financial and Operational Results on August 5, 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) (TSX, Nasdaq Stockholm: IPCO) will publish its financial and operating results and related management’s discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 07:30 CEST, followed by an audiocast at 09:00 CEST.

    Listen to William Lundin, President and CEO, and Christophe Nerguararian, CFO, commenting on the second quarter 2025 financial and operating results and the latest developments from IPC.

    Follow the presentation live starting at 09:00 CEST on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 on www.international-petroleum.com or using the link or dial-in details below:

    Presentation Link: https://ipc.videosync.fi/2025-08-05

    Dial-in numbers

    Canada/USA:   +1 786 697 3501
    UK:  +44 33 0551 0200
    Sweden:  +46 8 5052 0424

    Password

    Quote “IPC” when prompted by the operator

    International Petroleum Corp. (IPC) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with a high quality portfolio of assets located in Canada, Malaysia and France, providing a solid foundation for organic and inorganic growth. IPC is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies. IPC is incorporated in Canada and IPC’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the Nasdaq Stockholm under the symbol “IPCO”.

    For further information, please contact:

    Rebecca Gordon
    SVP Corporate Planning and Investor Relations
    rebecca.gordon@international-petroleum.com
    Tel: +41 22 595 10 50
      Robert Eriksson
    Media Manager
    reriksson@rive6.ch
    Tel: +46 701 11 26 15

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains statements and information which constitute “forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information” (within the meaning of applicable securities legislation). Such statements and information (together, “forward-looking statements”) relate to future events, including the Corporation’s future performance, business prospects or opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, unless otherwise indicated. IPC does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws.

    All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, forecasts, guidance, budgets, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “seek”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “forecast”, “predict”, “potential”, “targeting”, “intend”, “could”, “might”, “should”, “believe”, “budget” and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking statements”.

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Change in Top Management at Lufthansa Airlines

    Source: Lufthansa Group

    On September 1, 2025, Francesco Sciortino will join the Executive Board of Lufthansa Airlines and take over responsibility as Hub Manager for Frankfurt. He will also become Accountable Manager for the Lufthansa airline. Francesco Sciortino is currently a Member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Austrian Airlines. Previously, he was Managing Director and Accountable Manager at Germanwings and SunExpress. Francesco Sciortino is also a captain on Airbus A330/340 aircraft at Lufthansa.

    The previous Hub Manager for Frankfurt, Klaus Froese, has taken over the role on an interim basis and is transferring to Lufthansa’s Boeing 747 fleet as a captain as planned.

    Heiko Reitz, Member of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Airlines, will take over responsibility as Hub Manager for Munich on September 1, 2025. Jens Ritter, who holds this position in addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will focus on the further development of Lufthansa Airlines as CEO and drive forward the consistent implementation of the turnaround program for the future.

    At the beginning of 2025, Lufthansa Airlines introduced two Hub Managers with explicit responsibility for improving operational processes between the Lufthansa teams and their partners at both locations in Frankfurt and Munich. Since then, operational stability and punctuality have improved significantly, as has customer satisfaction.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Anna Politkovskaya-Arman Soldin Prize for Courage in Journalism – Call for applications

    Source: Republic of France in English
    The Republic of France has issued the following statement:

    The Anna Politkovskaya-Arman Soldin Prize for Courage in Journalism will be awarded for the third time in early November 2025, to coincide with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, established in 2013 by the United Nations at France’s initiative, in memory of French journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, assassinated in Mali.

    The aim of this prize is to distinguish the work of journalists and photojournalists committed to carrying out their essential role of informing people, in particular in theatres of conflict or during crises.

    Through this prize, France reaffirms its steadfast commitment to the defence of freedom of the press and pays tribute to two emblematic figures of journalistic courage, killed in the performance of their duties. First, the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose investigations published in the Novaya Gazeta on corruption, human rights violations and the war in Chechnya cost her her life, along with six of her colleagues. Second, the Franco-Bosnian AFP journalist and photojournalist Arman Soldin, killed on 9 May 2023 in the field, whose work helped inform the entire world of the reality of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

    In 2024, the jury decided to recognize the work of Yuval Abraha, Israeli journalist, and Basel Adra, a Palestinian journalist, which focused on Israel’s settlements in the West Bank. Both journalists also belong to the Israeli-Palestinian collective that produced the documentary “No Other Land” last year, which won an Oscar in 2025.

    Journalists wishing to apply for the 2025 prize may submit their application to presse.dcp at diplomatie.gouv.fr using this form, until midnight on 30 August 2025: download the form (Word – 37 Ko).

    The Prize is accompanied by a lump-sum of €10,000, which must be used to finance a project carried out by the prizewinner.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: International Conference on the Implementation of the “Two States for Two Peoples” Principle Concludes General Debate at the UN

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Xinhua) — The High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Realization of the “Two-State Solution” concluded its general debate on Wednesday.

    The final document was circulated to delegations for consideration, and the conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, will resume its work later to decide on the text of the document.

    “States can approve the document before the beginning of September if they wish,” the representative of Saudi Arabia said, closing the session.

    The three-day conference, authorized by the UN General Assembly in December 2024, was originally scheduled for June but was postponed due to the outbreak of conflict between Iran and Israel.

    Several countries, including the United Kingdom and Singapore, have announced their intention to recognize the State of Palestine.

    Malta’s representative told a conference on Wednesday that his country could formally recognise the State of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly session in September, describing the decision as “a concrete step towards achieving a just and lasting peace.” -0-

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

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