The Largest United Kingdom (UK) Companies Preparing Their Financial Statements in US$s Earnings Down the Tubes in 2015 and 2016 ....................................................................................... Total Two-Year Audited Earnings in 2015 and 2016 Combined Were Only US$30 Bil ...................................................................................... Total Two-Year Audited Earnings in 2013 and 2014 Combined Were US$150 Bil ....................................................................................... Total Two-Year Audited Earnings in 2011 and 2012 Combined Were US$224 Bil ....................................................................................... Total Two-Year Audited Earnings in 2009 and 2010 Combined Were US$156 Bil ....................................................................................... Total Two-Year Audited Earnings in 2007 and 2008 Combined Were US$212 Bil .......................................................................................

The largest UK Companies dominating the UK earnings landscape are the ones reporting their financial statements in US$s.

For instance, the 21 UK Companies with market caps above US$10 Bil and reporting their financial statements in US$s generated Total Audited Earnings of US$139 Bil in 2011.

On the other hand, the 21 UK Companies with market caps above British Pounds 10 Bil and reporting their financial statements in British Pounds generated Total Audited Earnings of British Pounds 36 Bil in 2011.

On the positive side, 2016 Total Earnings of these 21 UK Companies reporting in US$s were up 163% from their severely-depressed 2015 Total Earnings.

From a review of company financial statements in the US SEC website and in company investor relations websites, along with a review of Google's fine financial website, below are the Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for each fiscal year (FYE) from 2007 through 2016 for each of the 21 UK Companies which had a stock market capitalization of more than US$10 Bil in mid 2016 and which also prepared their financial statements in US$s:

			2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
		Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
UK Companies		Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
Market Caps Above US$10 Bil		2016	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Reporting in US$s	City HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
			mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s	mil US$s
Filing With US SEC
Royal Dutch Shell PLC	London	Dec16	4,777	2,200	14,730	16,526	26,960	31,185	20,474	12,718	26,476	31,926
Rio Tinto Limited	London	Dec16	4,776	(1,719)	6,499	1,079	(3,020)	6,800	15,195	5,335	4,609	7,746
HSBC Holdings plc	London	Dec16	3,446	15,096	14,705	17,800	15,334	17,944	14,191	6,694	6,498	20,455
AstraZeneca plc	London	Dec16	3,406	2,826	1,235	2,571	6,270	9,950	8,050	7,544	6,130	5,627
Carnival plc	Southhampton	Nov16	2,779	1,757	1,216	1,055	1,285	1,912	1,978	1,790	2,324	2,408
Liberty Global plc	Hammersmith	Dec16	1,767	(1,050)	(981)	(882)	(584)	(802)	(977)	(255)	(694)
Aon plc	London	Dec16	1,430	1,422	1,431	1,148	1,020	1,006	759	681	637	675
Delphi Automotive plc	Kent	Dec16	1,218	1,261	1,380	1,241	1,095	1,096	703	(822)	(1,984)	(1,692)
Smith & Nephew	London	Dec16	784	410	501	556	721	575	609	472	377	316
Shire plc	Hampshire	Dec16	604	1,338	3,283	1,420	806	883	588	504	170	(1,452)
Nielsen Holdings plc	Oxford	Dec16	507	575	381	431	242	85	154	(428)	(314)	(364)
Mylan NV	Hertfordshire	Dec16	480	848	933	627	643	539	346	248	(200)	216
Pentair plc	London	Dec16	452	397	357	355	(21)	(3)	190	116	259	212
Willis Towers Watson plc	London	Dec16	438	384	373	377	(433)	219	470	455	323	426
BP plc	London	Dec16	172	(6,400)	4,003	23,758	11,251	25,609	(3,669)	16,759	21,666	21,169
CNH Industrial NV	London	Dec16	(249)	248	708	828	876	639
BHP Billiton PLC	London	Jun16	(6,207)	4,390	14,955	14,132	16,617	23,946	13,009	6,338	15,962	13,416
Total all 17 Filing with SEC			20,580	23,983	65,709	83,022	79,062	121,583	72,070	58,149	82,239	101,084
Not Filing With US SEC
Anglo American plc	London	Dec16	1,926	(5,842)	(1,524)	426	(564)	7,922	8,119	2,912	6,120	8,172
Experian plc	Nottingham	Mar17	812	764	751	753	288	724	550	609	494	430
Standard Chartered plc	London	Dec16	(191)	(2,196)	2,705	4,200	4,985	4,933	4,414	3,477	3,511	2,989
Glencore plc	London	Dec16	(1,187)	(8,370)	2,444	(7,942)	1,152	4,268	4,106	1,729	1,068	6,426
Total all 4 Not Filing with SEC			1,360	(15,644)	4,376	(2,563)	5,861	17,847	17,189	8,727	11,193	18,017
Total all 21 Reporting in US$s			21,940	8,339	70,085	80,459	84,923	139,430	89,259	66,876	93,432	119,101
2016 Total Earnings % Changes:
….. Above 2015			163%
….. Below 2014			-69%
….. Below 2013			-73%
….. Below 2012			-74%
….. Below 2011			-84%
….. Below 2010			-75%
….. Below 2009			-67%
….. Below 2008			-77%
….. Below 2007			-82%
				Down From
				2015-16
Two-Year Total Earnings Amount:
….. 2015-16			30,279
….. 2013-14			150,544	(120,265)
….. 2011-12			224,353	(194,074)
….. 2009-10			156,135	(125,856)
….. 2007-08			212,533	(182,254)