Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) announced on 16 January 2026 that it purchased shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) announced on 16 January 2026 that it purchased shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025. Aggregated purchases on 16/01/2026 were 655,057 shares on LSE at a VWAP of £27.5782 and 523,698 shares on XAMS at a VWAP of €31.8917. Other listed venues reported no purchases for the day.
The programme is being executed within pre-set parameters and in accordance with UK Listing Rules and UK MAR; Merrill Lynch International will make trading decisions independently for the period 30 October 2025 to 30 January 2026. A detailed breakdown of individual trades by Merrill Lynch International is provided as part of the buy-back reporting.
Positive
- Total reported purchases on 16/01/2026: 1,178,755 shares
- LSE purchase: 655,057 shares at VWAP £27.5782 on 16/01/2026
- XAMS purchase: 523,698 shares at VWAP €31.8917 on 16/01/2026
- Buy-back executed under an existing programme announced 30 October 2025 with independent broker trading through 30 January 2026
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 16, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.13% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 16 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 655,057 shares
- For cancellation on LSE on 16/01/2026
- VWAP LSE
- 27.5782 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on 16/01/2026 LSE repurchases
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 523,698 shares
- For cancellation on XAMS on 16/01/2026
- VWAP XAMS
- 31.8917 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on 16/01/2026 XAMS repurchases
- Programme start
- 30 October 2025
- Start of current buy-back trading period by Merrill Lynch International
- Programme end
- 30 January 2026
- End of current independent trading period for buy-back
- Brexit transition end
- 31 December 2020 11:00 pm
- Time EU MAR was onshored into UK law
- Regulation number
- 2016/1052
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 cited for buy-backs
Historical Context
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Buy-back cancellation of 1,677,480 shares across LSE and XAMS.
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Repurchase and cancellation of 1,961,992 shares on LSE and XAMS.
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Daily buy-back of 2,089,933 shares across multiple venues.
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Cancellation of 2,433,525 shares under ongoing buy-back programme.
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Q4 2025 operational ranges and margin guidance with below break-even segment.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
volume weighted average price financial
UK Listing Rules regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
EU MAR Delegated Regulation regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310) regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
16 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 16 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 |
| 16/01/2026 | 655,057 | 27.7600 | 27.2000 | 27.5782 | LSE | GBP |
| 16/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 16/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 16/01/2026 | 523,698 | 32.0900 | 31.4700 | 31.8917 | XAMS | EUR |
| 16/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 16/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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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