Annual Report and Accounts 2009 - BG Group

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132 Shareholder Information Shareholder information MANAGING YOUR SHAREHOLDING BG Group ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol BG. BG Group’s shareholder register is maintained by our Registrar, Equiniti. For queries relating to your shareholding, please contact: Telephone: 0871 384 2064* +44 121 415 7029 (outside UK) Email: bg@equiniti.com Address: Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA * Calls to this number are charged at 8 pence per minute from a BT landline. Call charges from other networks may vary. BG Group American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the US over-the-counter market known as International OTCQX and trade under the symbol BRGYY. BG Group’s ADR register is maintained by our Transfer Agent JP Morgan Chase Bank: Telephone: +1 800 990 1135 (US Residents) +1 651 453 2128 (outside USA) Email: jpmorgan.adr@wellsfargo.com Address: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. PO Box 64504, St Paul, MN 55164-0504 USA INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SHAREHOLDING Shareview, an electronic shareholder communications service from Equiniti, gives you access to information about your shareholding including balance movements, indicative share prices and recent dividend payments. It also allows you to change your registered address details, set up a dividend mandate or change your existing mandate details. To register for this free service, visit www.shareview.co.uk (you will need your shareholder reference number, which can be found on your dividend tax voucher or on your proxy voting form). ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS The Companies Act 2006 and the Articles of Association of BG Group allow our website to be used to communicate with shareholders, provided that shareholders have agreed to this or are deemed to have agreed to this. Shareholders may receive notification by email or by post that documents are available to view on the website. Using electronic communications reduces printing, paper and postage costs and has a positive impact on the environment. This year, BG Group is inviting shareholders to confirm how they wish to receive communications in the future. Enclosed with this document is a form of election which sets out the choices available. Shareholders who wish to receive hard copy documents in the future should complete this form and return it to Equiniti. Shareholders who do not respond within 28 days will be deemed to have consented to receiving electronic communication via the Group’s website and will receive hard copy notification when documents are available to be viewed. Shareholders who have elected to receive email notifications of availability will continue to receive communications electronically and need take no action. Shareholders can revoke such consent at any time by contacting the Registrar. A shareholder who has received notification of availability of a document on BG Group’s website is entitled to request, free of charge, a hard copy of any such document at any time. The Group reserves the right from time to time at its sole discretion, to choose to give, send or supply offers, notices, information or other documents in hard copy form only to some or all shareholders. VOTING ELECTRONICALLY All shareholders can submit proxies for the Annual General Meeting electronically at www.sharevote.co.uk. Alternatively, shareholders who have already registered with Shareview can appoint a proxy by logging on to their account at www.shareview.co.uk www.bg-group.com DIVIDEND PAYMENTS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT Dividend payments can be paid directly into your UK bank or building society account on the payment date, and a consolidated tax voucher will be issued at the end of each tax year. Direct dividend payments help BG Group improve its efficiency by reducing postage, printing and cheque clearance costs. To register for this service please contact Equiniti or download a form from our website at www.bg-group.com/investorrelations/shareholderservices and click on Registrar. If you live overseas, a service has been established to provide shareholders in over 30 countries with the opportunity to receive BG Group dividends in their local currency. For an administration fee, shareholders can have their dividends automatically converted from Pounds Sterling into their local currency and paid into their bank account. For further details, please contact Equiniti or visit www.shareview.co.uk FUTURE DIVIDENDS DECLARED IN US DOLLARS From September 2010, BG Group will declare its dividends in US Dollars. However, there will be no change in the currency of dividend payments. Ordinary shareholders will continue to be paid dividends in Pounds Sterling, and ADR holders will continue to be paid dividends in US Dollars. CONSOLIDATED TAX VOUCHERS Shareholders who have elected to have their dividends paid directly into their bank account receive one tax voucher each year covering both the interim and final dividend payments. For those shareholders who have made such an election, a consolidated tax voucher is enclosed with this Annual Report and covers all dividends paid during the 2009/10 tax year. If you have more than one shareholder account in the same name(s) you will receive a separate tax voucher in respect of those shareholdings in addition to the one enclosed. Shareholders wishing to receive a tax voucher in respect of each dividend payment should contact Equiniti. GIFTING YOUR SHARES To transfer your shares to another member of your family as a gift, please contact Equiniti for a gift transfer form. If you have a small number of shares and the dealing costs or minimum fee makes it uneconomical to sell them, you may like to donate them to charity through ShareGift, a charity administered by The Orr Mackintosh Foundation. Please ask Equiniti for a ShareGift transfer form. Information is also available on the ShareGift website at www.sharegift.org BG GROUP PLC CORPORATE INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (ISAs) Information is available from Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Ltd, The Plaza, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9AB. Telephone: 0151 237 2160 LOW-COST SHARE DEALING SERVICES Information on a range of low-cost share dealing services is available from Equiniti on 0845 603 7037 or at www.bg-group.com/dealing BOILER ROOM SCAMS Many companies have become aware that their shareholders have received unsolicited phone calls or correspondence concerning investment matters. These are typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who target UK shareholders, offering to sell them what often turn out to be worthless or high-risk shares in US or UK investments. These operations are commonly known as ‘boiler rooms’. Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free company reports. If you receive any unsolicited investment advice: • make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation; • check that they are properly authorised by the FSA before getting involved by visiting www.fsa.gov.uk and selecting FSA Register; and • report the matter to the FSA either by calling 0300 500 5000 or visiting www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk Details of any share-dealing facilities that BG Group endorses will be included in BG Group mailings or made available on BG Group’s website.
SHAREHOLDER PROFILE as at 31 December 2009 Number of Number shareholders of shares Analysis of shareholders m Nominees and institutional investors 13 018 3 271 Individuals 652 303 324 665 321 3 595 Number of Number shareholders of shares Range of Shareholdings m 1 – 500 474 144 118 501 – 1 000 124 607 84 1 001 – 5 000 60 717 102 5 001 – 10 000 3 086 21 10 001 – 50 000 1 362 26 50 001 – 100 000 297 21 100 001 – 1 000 000 762 260 1 000 001 and above 346 2 963 GROUP FINANCIAL CALENDAR 665 321 3 595 Event Type Date 2009 final dividend Ex-dividend 14 April 2010 Record date 16 April 2010 First quarter 2010 results Announcement 29 April 2010 2010 Annual General Meeting Meeting 12 May 2010 2009 final dividend Dividend paid (UK) 21 May 2010 Dividend paid (US ADR) 28 May 2010 Second quarter 2010 results Announcement 28 July 2010 2010 interim dividend Ex-dividend Aug 2010* 2010 interim dividend Dividend paid (UK) Sept 2010* * These dates are indicative. Actual dates will be confirmed on the BG Group website in due course. Dividend paid (USA ADR) Sept 2010* BG GROUP PLC WEBSITE www.bg-group.com Visit www.bg-group.com/investors to find out more information on our latest financial results, reports, share price, financial calendar and shareholder services. You can also find out how to register to receive future shareholder communications electronically, and can access a UK share price calculator as well as frequently asked shareholder questions and a dividend calculator. BG Group Annual Report and Accounts 2009 133 Directors’ Report Business Review Directors’ Report Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
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A world leader in natural gas Annua
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Contents Directors’ Report: Busin
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ALGERIA UK NORWAY TUNISIA ITALY LIB
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E&P production (mmboe) 250 200 150
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Governance and risk One of the most
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Sustainability and safety BG Group
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Performance A cost leader BG Group
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Australia QGC BG Group has made sig
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Outlook Market context The challeng
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The Buzzard field (BG Group 21.73%)
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FPSOs, with the first targeted to c
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Dragon LNG, UK During 2009, work on
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Power Generation BG Group has a pro
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expenditure was £1 651 million (20
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and associates amounted to approxim
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BG Group uses a range of long-term
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Commodity prices Principal risks an
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Credit Principal risks and uncertai
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communities, partners, contractors,
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involved. In 2009, BG Group complet
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A DIRECTORS The Board The Board is
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evaluation. Accordingly, during 200
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Board Committees Sustainability Com
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Audit Committee and auditors Lord S
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Other external advisers also provid
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TSR performance for the Performance
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DEFERRED BONUS PLAN Award date Ashl
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DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS IN ORDINARY
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Financial Statements Independent Au
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REVENUE RECOGNITION Revenue associa
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Consolidated income statement Notes
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Balance sheets as at 31 December As
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Notes to the accounts 1 NEW ACCOUNT
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2 SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS AND RESULTS PR
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