M&A Deal Summary

Royal Dutch Shell Acquires BG Group

On April 8, 2015, Royal Dutch Shell acquired oil/gas exploration company BG Group for 47.0B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Royal Dutch Shell’s 3rd transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Royal Dutch Shell’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Royal Dutch Shell’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-04-08
Target BG Group
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Royal Dutch Shell
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 47.0B GBP

Target

BG Group

Reading, United Kingdom
website
BG Group plc is an oil and gas company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Royal Dutch Shell

London, United Kingdom

website

Category Company
Founded 1907
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees82,000
Revenue 261.5B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Royal Dutch Shell is an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company. Royal Dutch Shell was founded in 1907 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 9
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 2
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-01 Royal Dutch - SME Fuel Card Customer Portfolio

Germany

Royal Dutch - SME Fuel Card Customer Portfolio comprises SME fuel card customer portfolio in order to provide more focused services to this segment of customers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-07 Tongyi

Beijing, China

Tongyi is an oil-lubricants business serving markets and customers throughout China.

Sell -
Mergr

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