Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,578,317 shares for cancellation on 19 March 2026 across multiple trading venues.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,578,317 shares for cancellation on 19 March 2026 across multiple trading venues. Aggregated volume-weighted average prices were ~GBP 34.45 on UK venues and ~EUR 39.95 on continental European venues. Purchases form part of the buy-back programme running 05 February–01 May 2026.
Transactions were executed on LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX, with Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc trading independently under pre-set parameters and applicable EU MAR/UK MAR rules.
Positive
- 1,578,317 shares purchased for cancellation on 19 March 2026
- Trades executed across 6 venues (LSE, CXE, BXE, XAMS, DXE, TQEX)
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Mar 19, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.68% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Mar 19 session.
Key Figures
- Shares bought LSE
- 477,408 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, LSE, for cancellation
- Shares bought Chi-X
- 229,439 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, Chi-X (CXE), for cancellation
- Shares bought BATS
- 101,816 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, BATS (BXE), for cancellation
- Shares bought XAMS
- 445,101 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, XAMS, for cancellation
- Shares bought CBOE DXE
- 271,362 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, CBOE DXE, for cancellation
- Shares bought TQEX
- 53,191 shares
- Repurchased on 19/03/2026, TQEX, for cancellation
- Highest price EUR venue
- €40.3500
- Highest price paid on XAMS 19/03/2026
- VWAP LSE
- £34.4528
- Volume weighted average price on LSE 19/03/2026
Historical Context
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1,618,100 shares purchased and cancelled under ongoing buy-back programme.
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559,910 shares repurchased and cancelled across six trading venues.
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UK and EU venue buy-backs with VWAPs near £34.06 and €39.43.
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Q4 2025 interim dividend set at US$0.372 per share with FX equivalents.
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326,683 shares bought for cancellation under February–May 2026 programme.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
off-market buyback contract financial
uk listing rules regulatory
eu mar regulatory
uk mar regulatory
market abuse (amendment) (eu exit) regulations (si 2019/310) regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
19 March 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 19 March 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 |
| 19/03/2026 | 477,408 | 34.8550 | 34.1250 | 34.4528 | LSE | GBP |
| 19/03/2026 | 229,439 | 34.7600 | 34.1100 | 34.4543 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 19/03/2026 | 101,816 | 34.7150 | 34.1600 | 34.4662 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 19/03/2026 | 445,101 | 40.3500 | 39.4850 | 39.9507 | XAMS | EUR |
| 19/03/2026 | 271,362 | 40.2650 | 39.5100 | 39.9338 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 19/03/2026 | 53,191 | 40.2350 | 39.5200 | 39.9043 | 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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