Transaction in Own Shares
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,498,917 shares on 15 October 2025 across multiple trading venues.
Aggregated trades: 382,398 shares on LSE (VWAP £26.9150), 174,514 on Chi-X (VWAP £26.9106), 217,005 on BATS (VWAP £26.9143), 378,276 on XAMS (VWAP €31.0235) and 346,724 on CBOE DXE (VWAP €31.0204). Purchases were made under the company’s buy-back programme announced 31 July 2025 and executed by HSBC Bank plc within preset parameters; trades are stated to be in accordance with EU MAR and UK MAR.
Positive
- 1,498,917 shares purchased and cancelled on 15 October 2025
- Buy-back executed across five trading venues, showing program reach
- Trades executed under pre-set parameters by HSBC Bank plc
Negative
- Purchases executed at VWAPs around £26.91 and €31.02, representing immediate cash outflow
- No aggregate spend or percentage of issued share capital disclosed, limiting shareholder impact clarity
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On the day this news was published, SHEL gained 0.32%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Transaction in Own Shares
15 October, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 15 October, 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 |
| 15/10/2025 | 382,398 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 15/10/2025 | 174,514 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 15/10/2025 | 217,005 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 15/10/2025 | 378,276 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 15/10/2025 | 346,724 | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 15/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | 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 31 July 2025.
In respect of this programme, HSBC Bank plc will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 31 July 2025 up to and including 24 October 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 HSBC Bank 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
LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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