Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (SHEL) has announced the repurchase of 811,487 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of £28.0864 per share on August 14, 2024.
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc (SHEL) has announced the repurchase of 811,487 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of £28.0864 per share on August 14, 2024. Additionally, 778,325 shares were bought on Euronext Amsterdam at an average price of €33.0291. These purchases are part of Shell's ongoing share buy-back programme announced on August 1, 2024. The programme, managed independently by Citigroup Global Markets , will continue until October 25, 2024. It includes both on-market and off-market share repurchases, conducted in accordance with regulatory guidelines and pre-set parameters.
Positive
- Shell is actively implementing its share buy-back programme, potentially increasing shareholder value
- The company is repurchasing shares on multiple exchanges, demonstrating a comprehensive approach to the buy-back strategy
Negative
- Significant capital expenditure on share repurchases may reduce funds available for other investments or operations
News Market Reaction – SHEL
In the trading session that priced this news, SHEL gained 0.86%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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Transaction in Own Shares
14 August, 2024
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 14 August 2024 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 |
| 14/08/2024 | 811,487 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 14/08/2024 | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 14/08/2024 | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 14/08/2024 | 778,325 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 14/08/2024 | - | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 14/08/2024 | - | 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 1 August 2024.
In respect of this programme, Citigroup Global Markets Limited will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 1 August 2024 up to and including 25 October 2024.
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 12 of the 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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
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LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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