Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,961,992 shares on 12 January 2026: 1,013,854 shares on LSE at a volume-weighted average price of £26.4575 and 948,138 shares on XAMS at a volume-weighted average price of €30.5628.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,961,992 shares on 12 January 2026: 1,013,854 shares on LSE at a volume-weighted average price of £26.4575 and 948,138 shares on XAMS at a volume-weighted average price of €30.5628. These purchases form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the company's existing buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
Merrill Lynch International is executing trades independently for the programme from 30 October 2025 through 30 January 2026. The programme is conducted under UK MAR and related delegated regulation rules and the company’s authorised on- and off-market authorities.
Positive
- Total shares purchased for cancellation: 1,961,992 on 12 January 2026
- LSE trades VWAP: £26.4575; XAMS trades VWAP: €30.5628
- Buy-back executed under existing programme with independent trading by Merrill Lynch through 30 Jan 2026
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 12, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.17% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 12 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 1,013,854 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 12/01/2026 at LSE
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 948,138 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 12/01/2026 at XAMS
- Highest price LSE
- £26.6300
- Highest price paid per share on 12/01/2026 at LSE
- Lowest price LSE
- £26.2550
- Lowest price paid per share on 12/01/2026 at LSE
- VWAP LSE
- £26.4575
- Volume weighted average price on 12/01/2026 at LSE
- Highest price XAMS
- €30.7750
- Highest price paid per share on 12/01/2026 at XAMS
- Lowest price XAMS
- €30.3250
- Lowest price paid per share on 12/01/2026 at XAMS
- VWAP XAMS
- €30.5628
- Volume weighted average price on 12/01/2026 at XAMS
Historical Context
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Announcement of 2,433,525 shares repurchased for cancellation across multiple venues.
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Q4 2025 operational ranges and margin update with noted cash outflows.
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Disclosure of 2,233,786 shares repurchased and cancelled under buy-back.
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Report of 1,472,298 shares bought back and cancelled on 06 January 2026.
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Disclosure of 1,500,136 ordinary shares repurchased and cancelled on 05 January.
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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Transaction in Own Shares
12 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 12 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 |
| 12/01/2026 | 1,013,854 | 26.6300 | 26.2550 | 26.4575 | LSE | GBP |
| 12/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 12/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 12/01/2026 | 948,138 | 30.7750 | 30.3250 | 30.5628 | XAMS | EUR |
| 12/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 12/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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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