Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) bought 1,191,059 shares for cancellation on 24 February 2026 across multiple venues and currencies.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) bought 1,191,059 shares for cancellation on 24 February 2026 across multiple venues and currencies. Purchases occurred on LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX with venue-level volume-weighted average prices reported in GBP and EUR. This forms part of the company’s buy-back programme running 05 February 2026 through 01 May 2026, with Morgan Stanley making independent trading decisions within pre-set parameters and in compliance with UK MAR and EU MAR rules.
Positive
- 1,191,059 shares repurchased for cancellation on 24 February 2026
- Buy-back carried out across six trading venues in GBP and EUR
- Programme runs from 05 Feb 2026 to 01 May 2026 with independent broker execution
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 24, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.01% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 24 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 353,285 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at LSE in GBP
- Shares repurchased Chi-X
- 176,801 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at Chi-X (CXE) in GBP
- Shares repurchased BATS
- 79,163 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at BATS (BXE) in GBP
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 366,794 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at XAMS in EUR
- Shares repurchased CBOE DXE
- 175,631 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at CBOE DXE in EUR
- Shares repurchased TQEX
- 39,385 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 24/02/2026 at TQEX in EUR
- Programme start date
- 05 February 2026
- Buy-back programme period start for Morgan Stanley mandate
- Programme end date
- 01 May 2026
- Buy-back programme period end for Morgan Stanley mandate
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,028,319 shares repurchased for cancellation under buy-back programme.
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Announcement of 1,595,356 shares purchased and cancelled across UK and EU venues.
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Reporting 3,407,159 shares bought for cancellation as part of ongoing programme.
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Disclosure of 61,955 shares cancelled with VWAPs in GBP and EUR venues.
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Update on 712,623 shares repurchased across multiple venues under buy-back plan.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
on-market financial
off-market financial
UK Listing Rules regulatory
EU MAR regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
24 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 24 February 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 |
| 24/02/2026 | 353,285 | 29.9050 | 29.6500 | 29.7829 | LSE | GBP |
| 24/02/2026 | 176,801 | 29.9050 | 29.6500 | 29.7825 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 24/02/2026 | 79,163 | 29.9050 | 29.6500 | 29.7904 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 24/02/2026 | 366,794 | 34.3300 | 34.0000 | 34.1917 | XAMS | EUR |
| 24/02/2026 | 175,631 | 34.3250 | 34.0050 | 34.1879 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 24/02/2026 | 39,385 | 34.3250 | 34.0050 | 34.1803 | 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 05 February 2026.
In respect of this programme, Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 05 February 2026 up to and including 01 May 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc 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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