4.5.5Shareholders Equity

For an explanation of the shareholders equity, reference is made to the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and note 4.3.23 Equity Attributable to Shareholders .

Legal reserve

31 December 2018

31 December 2017

Investees equity non-distributable1

1,232

1,124

Capitalized development expenditure2

15

14

Translation reserve

(79)

(62)

Cash flow hedges

(52)

(26)

Total

1,116

1,051

  • 1 Including US$ 75 million of Swiss entities legal reserves.
  • 2 Relates to the Company subsidiaries.

Under the Dutch guidelines for financial reporting which apply to the Company statement of financial position, a legal reserve must be maintained for the above-mentioned items.

Proposed Appropriation of Result

With the approval of the Supervisory Board, it is proposed that the result shown in SBM Offshore N.V. income statement be appropriated as follows (in US$):

Appropriation of result

2018

Profit/(Loss) attributable to shareholders

212

In accordance with note 4.6.1 to be transferred to the 'Retained earnings'

212

At the disposal of the General Meeting of Shareholders

-

It is proposed that US$ 75 million of retained earnings is distributed among the shareholders.