Transaction in Own Shares
- Share buyback program demonstrates confidence in company's financial position and commitment to returning value to shareholders
- Multi-venue execution strategy suggests efficient price discovery and liquidity management
- Program is well-structured with independent management by BNP PARIBAS SA, ensuring market compliance and transparency
- Share buybacks reduce company's cash reserves that could be used for operational growth or investments
- Program may limit financial flexibility during market uncertainties
Insights
Shell continues executing its announced share buyback program with purchase of over 1.3M shares across multiple venues.
Shell has repurchased approximately 1.37 million shares across various trading venues as part of its ongoing buyback program. The company acquired 702,000 shares on London-based exchanges at prices between
This activity is part of Shell's share repurchase program previously announced on May 2, 2025, which will continue through July 25, 2025. BNP PARIBAS SA is executing these trades independently within pre-established parameters. The program operates through both on-market and off-market mechanisms in compliance with UK Listing Rules, EU and UK Market Abuse Regulations.
Share buybacks typically benefit shareholders by reducing the number of outstanding shares, which can increase earnings per share and potentially support share price. For Shell specifically, this consistent repurchasing activity demonstrates management's commitment to returning capital to shareholders and confidence in the company's cash generation capabilities. The buyback program represents a significant component of Shell's capital allocation strategy alongside its dividend policy.
Transaction in Own Shares
13 June, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 13 June, 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 |
13/06/2025 | 548,032 | LSE | GBP | |||
13/06/2025 | 106,312 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
13/06/2025 | 47,656 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
13/06/2025 | 521,428 | XAMS | EUR | |||
13/06/2025 | 130,720 | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
13/06/2025 | 17,852 | 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 2 May 2025.
In respect of this programme, BNP PARIBAS SA will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 2 May 2025 up to and including 25 July 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 BNP PARIBAS SA 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
LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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