TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2004 BBC NEWS REPORT... SHELL FACING $1bn US LAWSUIT... FEB 04 STATEMENT BY SHELL SHAREHOLDERS ORG... MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LAW SUITS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AGAINST THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP AND NAMED CURRENT AND FORMER DIRECTORS INCUDING FORMER GROUP CHAIRMAN SIR PHILIP WATTS, GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, MALCOLM BRINDED, AND SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRADING DIRECTOR, SIR MARK MOODY-STUART, ALLEGING FRAUD IN RELATION TO CLAIMED OIL RESERVES... NEWS UPDATE FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2004 - THE BOSTON GLOBE REPORTS... SEC OPENS FORMAL PROBE OF SHELL'S OIL RESERVES: MORE NEWS... BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL NEWS REPORT, 20 FEB 04... SHELL IS FACING 10 LAWSUITS IN THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT IT DELIBERATELY VIOLATED ACCOUNTING RULES, AS WELL AS AN INQUIRY BY THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION: 3rd MARCH 2004... SIR PHILIP WATTS FORCED TO RESIGN AS GROUP CHAIRMAN OF THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP