Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,080,959 shares on 28 January 2026 across venues including LSE and XAMS.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,080,959 shares on 28 January 2026 across venues including LSE and XAMS.
The company reported VWAPs of £27.3486 (LSE) and €31.6169 (XAMS). Purchases form part of the buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
Positive
- Total shares purchased and cancelled: 1,080,959 on 28 January 2026
- LSE purchases: 522,088 shares at VWAP £27.3486
- XAMS purchases: 558,871 shares at VWAP €31.6169
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 28, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.45% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 28 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares repurchased
- 522,088 shares
- For cancellation on 28/01/2026 at LSE
- LSE VWAP
- 27.3486 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on 28/01/2026
- LSE price range
- 27.1250–27.4800 GBP
- Lowest and highest prices paid 28/01/2026
- XAMS shares repurchased
- 558,871 shares
- For cancellation on 28/01/2026 at XAMS
- XAMS VWAP
- 31.6169 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on 28/01/2026
- XAMS price range
- 31.3500–31.7850 EUR
- Lowest and highest prices paid 28/01/2026
- MAR reference
- 596/2014/EU
- Market Abuse Regulation cited for buy-back compliance
- Programme period end
- 30 January 2026
- End date for Merrill Lynch International trading period
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,313,901 shares repurchased and cancelled on LSE and XAMS.
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Announcement of LSE and XAMS purchases under ongoing buy-back programme.
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Report of 1,547,847 shares repurchased for cancellation across venues.
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Update on 1,320,967 shares bought back by Merrill Lynch International.
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Notification of LSE and XAMS repurchases for cancellation under programme.
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
Listing Rules regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
volume weighted average price financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
28 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 28 January, 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 |
| 28/01/2026 | 522,088 | 27.4800 | 27.1250 | 27.3486 | LSE | GBP |
| 28/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 28/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 28/01/2026 | 558,871 | 31.7850 | 31.3500 | 31.6169 | XAMS | EUR |
| 28/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 28/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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 30 October 2025.
In respect of this programme, Merrill Lynch International will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 30 October 2025 up to and including 30 January 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 Merrill Lynch International 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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