(>£20Bn market cap)

Criteria:

• Overall leadership as an industry benchmark of excellence
• Financial performance against peer group
• Operational performance of asset / services portfolio
• Recent market transactions and deals (value creation, value realisation, total shareholder return)
• Recent exploration successes (value creation)
• Strength of industry partnerships (creation of new partnerships, leveraging existing partnerships)
• Strength of market reputation, corporate governance, investor relations and public relations