Transaction in Own Shares
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc announced on 21 October 2024 the purchase of shares for cancellation as part of its existing share buy-back programme. The company bought 677,000 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of £25.6066 per share, and 729,100 shares on Euronext Amsterdam at €31.0322 per share.
This share repurchase is part of Shell's on- and off-market buy-back programme announced on 1 August 2024. Citigroup Global Markets is making independent trading decisions for the programme until 25 October 2024. The buy-back adheres to UK Listing Rules, EU and UK Market Abuse Regulations, and related delegated regulations.
Positive
- Shell is continuing its share buy-back programme, potentially increasing value for remaining shareholders
- The company has sufficient cash flow to fund share repurchases
Negative
- Large-scale share repurchases may indicate a lack of attractive growth investment opportunities for the company
News Market Reaction 1 Alert
On the day this news was published, SHEL gained 0.01%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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Transaction in Own Shares
21 October, 2024
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 21 October 2024 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 |
| 21/10/2024 | 677,000 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 21/10/2024 | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 21/10/2024 | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 21/10/2024 | 729,100 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 21/10/2024 | - | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 21/10/2024 | - | 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 1 August 2024.
In respect of this programme, Citigroup Global Markets Limited will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 1 August 2024 up to and including 25 October 2024.
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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
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LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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