Transaction in Own Shares
Shell reports daily progress of its previously announced buy-back programme, cancelling over one million shares purchased on 2 September 2026.
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Shell (SHEL) bought back 1,050,000 of its own shares for cancellation on 2 September 2026 under its existing share buy-back programme.
The company repurchased 750,000 shares on the LSE at a volume‑weighted average price of £34.3977 and 300,000 shares on XAMS at a volume‑weighted average price of €40.1730. Other listed venues in GBP and EUR showed no trades that day. The purchases are part of the on- and off‑market limbs of the programme that started on 30 July 2026, with Goldman Sachs International making trading decisions independently within pre‑set parameters and relevant EU and UK Market Abuse Regulation rules.
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News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Sep 3, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.50% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Sep 3 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares purchased
- 750,000 shares
- 02 September 2026
- LSE VWAP
- £34.3977 per share
- 02 September 2026
- XAMS shares purchased
- 300,000 shares
- 02 September 2026
- XAMS VWAP
- €40.1730 per share
- 02 September 2026
- Programme start
- 30 July 2026
- Existing share buyback programme
- Programme end
- 23 October 2026
- Goldman Sachs International trading period
Historical Context
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Shell repurchased 873,615 shares for cancellation under its existing buyback programme.
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Shell applied to admit 228,003,843 new shares related to its ARC Resources acquisition.
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Shell repurchased 1,466,259 shares for cancellation across London and Amsterdam.
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President Upstream Peter Costello disposed of 35,000 ordinary shares across two venues.
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Shell reported 5,532,145,677 ordinary shares and no treasury shares outstanding.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
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uk mar regulatory
eu mar regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
September 02, 2026
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Shell plc (the 'Company') announces that on 02 September 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 |
| 02/09/2026 | 750,000 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 02/09/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 02/09/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 02/09/2026 | 300,000 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 02/09/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 02/09/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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 July 2026.
In respect of this programme, Goldman Sachs International will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 30 July 2026 up to and including 23 October 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 Goldman Sachs 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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