Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled 1,595,356 shares on 20 February 2026 across UK and European trading venues.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled 1,595,356 shares on 20 February 2026 across UK and European trading venues.
Purchases were executed on LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX in GBP and EUR as part of the on- and off-market limbs of the existing buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026. Morgan Stanley will make independent trading decisions under pre-set parameters through 01 May 2026.
Positive
- 1,595,356 shares purchased and cancelled on 20 Feb 2026
- Buy-back executed across 6 trading venues (LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX)
- Programme operates under pre-set parameters and UK/EU MAR compliance
Negative
- Trading decisions delegated to Morgan Stanley, limiting direct company execution control
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 20, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.75% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 20 session.
Key Figures
- Shares bought LSE
- 491,301 shares
- 20/02/2026 repurchase on LSE for cancellation
- VWAP LSE
- £29.3673
- Volume weighted average price on LSE 20/02/2026
- Shares bought Chi-X
- 232,922 shares
- 20/02/2026 repurchase on Chi-X (CXE)
- VWAP Chi-X
- £29.3730
- Volume weighted average price on Chi-X 20/02/2026
- Shares bought XAMS
- 468,629 shares
- 20/02/2026 repurchase on XAMS in EUR
- VWAP XAMS
- €33.6994
- Volume weighted average price on XAMS 20/02/2026
- Programme start date
- 05 February 2026
- Start of current share buy-back programme period
- Programme end date
- 01 May 2026
- End of period for Morgan Stanley’s independent trading
Historical Context
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Reported purchase and cancellation of 3,407,159 shares under buy-back.
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Disclosed 61,955 shares repurchased and cancelled across European venues.
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Announced 712,623 shares bought back for cancellation on multiple venues.
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Reported 1,380,295 shares purchased and cancelled under ongoing programme.
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Disclosed 1,396,574 shares repurchased for cancellation across venues.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
on-market financial
off-market financial
buy-back programme financial
EU MAR regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
20 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 20 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 |
| 20/02/2026 | 491,301 | 29.5850 | 29.2800 | 29.3673 | LSE | GBP |
| 20/02/2026 | 232,922 | 29.5850 | 29.2850 | 29.3730 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 20/02/2026 | 84,042 | 29.5850 | 29.2800 | 29.3696 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 20/02/2026 | 468,629 | 33.9150 | 33.5950 | 33.6994 | XAMS | EUR |
| 20/02/2026 | 268,054 | 33.8350 | 33.6000 | 33.6959 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 20/02/2026 | 50,408 | 33.8300 | 33.5950 | 33.6946 | 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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