Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 61,955 shares on 18 February 2026 across multiple European venues.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 61,955 shares on 18 February 2026 across multiple European venues. Purchases were executed on LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX at VWAPs of ~£28.86 and ~€33.13.
These transactions form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the company's buy-back programme running 05 February 2026 through 01 May 2026, with Morgan Stanley making independent trading decisions within preset parameters and relevant MAR/UK MAR rules.
Positive
- 61,955 shares repurchased for cancellation on 18 February 2026
- Trades executed across six venues (LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX)
- Buy-back program runs from 05 Feb to 01 May 2026 under preset parameters
Negative
- Purchases executed at VWAPs of £28.8565 (GBP venues) and €33.1342 (EUR venues) representing immediate cash outflow
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 18, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 2.48% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 18 session.
Key Figures
- Shares purchased LSE
- 27,925 shares
- Buy-back on 18/02/2026, LSE venue
- VWAP LSE
- GBP 28.8565
- Volume weighted average price on 18/02/2026, LSE
- Shares purchased Chi-X
- 6,748 shares
- Buy-back on 18/02/2026, Chi-X (CXE) venue
- VWAP Chi-X
- GBP 28.8728
- Volume weighted average price on 18/02/2026, Chi-X (CXE)
- Shares purchased XAMS
- 8,763 shares
- Buy-back on 18/02/2026, XAMS venue
- VWAP XAMS
- EUR 33.1783
- Volume weighted average price on 18/02/2026, XAMS
- Buy-back start date
- 05 February 2026
- Programme start; Morgan Stanley trading independently
- Buy-back end date
- 01 May 2026
- Programme scheduled end for independent trading
Historical Context
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712,623 shares purchased for cancellation across multiple venues under buy-back.
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1,380,295 shares bought and cancelled as part of ongoing programme.
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1,396,574 shares purchased for cancellation across several trading venues.
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1,278,353 ordinary shares repurchased and cancelled in buy-back programme.
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1,127,688 shares repurchased on six venues as part of buy-back.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
on-market limb financial
UK Listing Rules regulatory
EU MAR regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
18 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 18 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 |
| 18/02/2026 | 27,925 | 29.1400 | 28.6850 | 28.8565 | LSE | GBP |
| 18/02/2026 | 6,748 | 29.1250 | 28.6850 | 28.8728 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 18/02/2026 | 8,426 | 29.1850 | 28.7900 | 28.9035 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 18/02/2026 | 8,763 | 33.3450 | 32.9950 | 33.1783 | XAMS | EUR |
| 18/02/2026 | 8,530 | 33.2800 | 33.0000 | 33.1342 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 18/02/2026 | 1,563 | 33.1950 | 32.9750 | 33.1115 | 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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