Investor quick facts
We continue to position our company to grow our business and deliver long-term shareholder value.
| Facts and numbers (2010) | |
|---|---|
| Earnings | $2.2 billion ($2.59 per share) |
| Return on capital - employed of | 20.5 percent |
| Total distribution to shareholders (dividend payments and share repurchases) | $364 million |
| Annual per-share dividends paid have increased | 16 years in a row |
| Rating from Standard & Poor's | AAA (only Canadian industrial company with this rating) |
| Capital and exploration expenditures | $4.0 billion |
| Proved reserves | 2.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels |
| Non-proved resources* | 13 billion oil-equivalent barrels |
* Pursuant to National Instrument 51-101 disclosure guidelines, and using Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook definitions, Imperial’s non-proved resources are classified as a “contingent resource.” Such resources are a best estimate of the company’s net interest after royalties at year-end 2010, as determined by Imperial’s internal qualified reserves evaluator. Contingent resources are considered to be potentially recoverable from known accumulations using established technology or technology under development, but are currently not considered to be commercially recoverable due to one or more contingencies. There is no certainty that it will be economically viable or technically feasible to produce any portion of the resource. See discussion on pages 12-15 in the Upstream section for additional information on components of the contingent resource base, including undeveloped oil sands acreage and the Mackenzie natural gas project.