Transaction in Own Shares
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc has announced a significant share buyback operation conducted on January 30, 2025. The company purchased a total of 1,850,000 shares across various trading venues:
- On LSE: 850,000 shares at prices between £25.87 and £26.72 - On Chi-X and BATS: 250,000 shares at prices around £26.37 - On European venues (XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX): 750,000 shares at prices between €31.10 and €32.08
The purchases are part of Shell's share buy-back programme announced on January 30, 2025. Natixis will independently manage trading decisions from January 30, 2025, through April 25, 2025. The program includes both on-market and off-market components, conducted under UK Listing Rules and Market Abuse Regulations.
Positive
- Large-scale share buyback program implementation, potentially supporting share price
- Multi-exchange execution strategy demonstrating strong market presence
- Independent management by Natixis ensuring market compliance and transparency
Negative
- None.
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On the day this news was published, SHEL gained 2.89%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Transaction in Own Shares
30 January, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 30 January, 2025 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 |
| 30/01/2025 | 850,000 | | | | LSE | GBP |
| 30/01/2025 | 100,000 | | | | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 30/01/2025 | 150,000 | | | | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 30/01/2025 | 600,000 | | | | XAMS | EUR |
| 30/01/2025 | 100,000 | | | | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 30/01/2025 | 50,000 | | | | 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 January 2025.
In respect of this programme, Natixis will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 30 January 2025 up to and including 25 April 2025.
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 Natixis on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
Enquiries
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Media Americas: +1 832 337 4335
LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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