Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (SHEL) purchased 1,287,020 shares for cancellation on 26 February 2026 across six trading venues: LSE, Chi-X (CXE), BATS (BXE), XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc (SHEL) purchased 1,287,020 shares for cancellation on 26 February 2026 across six trading venues: LSE, Chi-X (CXE), BATS (BXE), XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX. Purchases show GBP VWAPs around £30.07–£30.08 and EUR VWAPs around €34.52–€34.53.
These trades form part of the on- and off-market buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026; Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc will trade independently for the programme through 01 May 2026. Transactions comply with UK MAR and EU MAR onshored rules.
Positive
- Total shares purchased for cancellation: 1,287,020
- Repurchases executed across 6 venues in GBP and EUR
- Morgan Stanley authorised to trade independently through 01 May 2026
Negative
- Cash outflow executed at VWAPs up to £30.0807 and €34.5306, reducing available liquidity
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 26, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.34% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 26 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 351,022 shares
- 26/02/2026, LSE buy-back for cancellation
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 377,972 shares
- 26/02/2026, XAMS buy-back for cancellation
- VWAP LSE
- £30.0762 per share
- 26/02/2026, volume weighted average price on LSE
- VWAP Chi-X (CXE)
- £30.0807 per share
- 26/02/2026, volume weighted average price on Chi-X
- VWAP XAMS
- €34.5306 per share
- 26/02/2026, volume weighted average price on XAMS
- VWAP CBOE DXE
- €34.5158 per share
- 26/02/2026, volume weighted average price on CBOE DXE
- Buy-back period start
- 05 February 2026
- Start of current buy-back programme
- Buy-back period end
- 01 May 2026
- End of current buy-back programme
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,090,750 shares repurchased and cancelled under ongoing programme.
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Report of 1,191,059 shares bought back across multiple venues and currencies.
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Update on 1,028,319 shares repurchased for cancellation across venues.
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Announcement of 1,595,356 shares purchased and cancelled under programme.
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Large 3,407,159-share buy-back disclosure across London and European venues.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
on-market limb financial
EU MAR regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
26 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 26 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 |
| 26/02/2026 | 351,022 | 30.3250 | 29.7650 | 30.0762 | LSE | GBP |
| 26/02/2026 | 200,487 | 30.3250 | 29.7500 | 30.0807 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 26/02/2026 | 69,215 | 30.3200 | 29.7500 | 30.0690 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 26/02/2026 | 377,972 | 34.8000 | 34.1600 | 34.5306 | XAMS | EUR |
| 26/02/2026 | 246,180 | 34.7800 | 34.1600 | 34.5158 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 26/02/2026 | 42,144 | 34.7850 | 34.1650 | 34.5238 | 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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