Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (LSE:SHEL) purchased and cancelled 1,380,295 shares on 16 February 2026 across multiple trading venues (LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX).
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (LSE:SHEL) purchased and cancelled 1,380,295 shares on 16 February 2026 across multiple trading venues (LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX).
These purchases form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the company’s share buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026, managed by Morgan Stanley from 05 Feb to 01 May 2026.
Positive
- 1,380,295 shares purchased and cancelled on 16 February 2026
- Buy-back executed across six trading venues in GBP and EUR
- Programme managed independently by Morgan Stanley from 05 Feb to 01 May 2026
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
The recorded move for SHEL in the trading session of this news was -1.05%.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus. Session date unavailable.
Key Figures
- Shares purchased (LSE)
- 430,486 shares
- 16/02/2026 buy-back, LSE, for cancellation
- VWAP (LSE)
- £28.7778 per share
- 16/02/2026 buy-back, LSE
- Shares purchased (XAMS)
- 415,753 shares
- 16/02/2026 buy-back, XAMS, for cancellation
- VWAP (XAMS)
- €33.1952 per share
- 16/02/2026 buy-back, XAMS
- Highest price (GBP venues)
- £28.8600 per share
- 16/02/2026 LSE, Chi-X, BATS
- Lowest price (GBP venues)
- £28.6150 per share
- 16/02/2026 LSE, Chi-X, BATS
- Highest price (EUR venues)
- €33.3000 per share
- 16/02/2026 XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX
- Lowest price (EUR venues)
- €32.9850 per share
- 16/02/2026 CBOE DXE
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,396,574 shares repurchased for cancellation across multiple venues.
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Repurchase of 1,278,353 ordinary shares as part of ongoing buy-back.
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Purchase of 1,127,688 shares for cancellation under current programme.
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Conditional performance share awards to CEO, CFO and other executives.
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Disclosure of 1,382,252 shares repurchased and immediately cancelled.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
eu mar regulatory
uk mar regulatory
uk listing rules regulatory
buy-back programme financial
off-market buyback contract financial
volume weighted average price technical
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Transaction in Own Shares
16 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 16 February 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to trading venue:
| Date of Purchase | Number of Shares purchased | Highest price paid | Lowest price paid | Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue | Currency |
| 16/02/2026 | 430,486 | 28.8600 | 28.6150 | 28.7778 | LSE | GBP |
| 16/02/2026 | 174,518 | 28.8600 | 28.6150 | 28.7820 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 16/02/2026 | 81,463 | 28.8600 | 28.6150 | 28.7825 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 16/02/2026 | 415,753 | 33.3000 | 32.9900 | 33.1952 | XAMS | EUR |
| 16/02/2026 | 230,621 | 33.3000 | 32.9850 | 33.1923 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 16/02/2026 | 47,454 | 33.3000 | 32.9900 | 33.1925 | TQEX | EUR |
These share purchases form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on 05 February 2026.
In respect of this programme, Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 05 February 2026 up to and including 01 May 2026.
The on-market limb will be effected within certain pre-set parameters and in accordance with the Company’s general authority to repurchase shares on-market. The off-market limb will be effected in accordance with the Company’s general authority to repurchase shares off-market pursuant to the off-market buyback contract approved by its shareholders and the pre-set parameters set out therein. The programme will be conducted in accordance with Chapter 9 of the UK Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes (“EU MAR”) and EU MAR as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (at 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by the Financial Services Act, 2021 and relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time (“UK MAR”) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (the “EU MAR Delegated Regulation”) and the EU MAR Delegated Regulation as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (at 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by the Financial Services Act, 2021 and relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time.
In accordance with EU MAR and UK MAR, a breakdown of the individual trades made by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
Enquiries
Media: International +44 (0) 207 934 5550; U.S. and Canada: https://www.shell.us/about-us/news-and-insights/media/submit-an-inquiry.html
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