Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 2,433,525 shares for cancellation on 08 January 2026 across multiple trading venues (LSE, Chi-X, XAMS, CBOE), as part of its on- and off-market buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 2,433,525 shares for cancellation on 08 January 2026 across multiple trading venues (LSE, Chi-X, XAMS, CBOE), as part of its on- and off-market buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
Purchases were executed under preset parameters and in compliance with UK MAR and EU MAR rules, with Merrill Lynch International making independent trading decisions for the programme period 30 October 2025 to 30 January 2026. VWAPs reported per venue ranged from GBP 25.6162–25.7776 and EUR 29.6339–29.7961.
Positive
- Aggregated purchases of 2,433,525 shares for cancellation on 08/01/2026
- Buy-back executed across multiple venues (LSE, Chi-X, XAMS, CBOE), supporting liquidity
- Programme operated under preset parameters and UK MAR/EU MAR compliance
Negative
- Cash deployed to repurchase shares on 08/01/2026 (amount implicit from VWAPs and volumes)
- Buy-back programme scheduled to end 30 January 2026, limiting future repurchases in this tranche
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 8, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.72% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 8 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares purchased
- 1,220,650 shares
- Repurchased on 08/01/2026 on LSE for cancellation
- LSE VWAP
- £25.7776 per share
- Volume weighted average price on LSE 08/01/2026
- Chi-X shares purchased
- 16,399 shares
- Repurchased on 08/01/2026 on Chi-X (CXE) for cancellation
- Chi-X VWAP
- £25.6162 per share
- Volume weighted average price on Chi-X (CXE) 08/01/2026
- XAMS shares purchased
- 1,137,703 shares
- Repurchased on 08/01/2026 on XAMS for cancellation
- XAMS VWAP
- €29.7961 per share
- Volume weighted average price on XAMS 08/01/2026
- CBOE DXE shares purchased
- 58,773 shares
- Repurchased on 08/01/2026 on CBOE DXE for cancellation
- Programme window
- 30 Oct 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
- Period in which Merrill Lynch International executes buy-backs
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,472,298 shares repurchased by venue under buy-back programme.
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Disclosure of 1,500,136 shares repurchased and venue-level VWAP details.
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Disclosure of 1,479,234 shares bought back across LSE and XAMS venues.
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Update on total voting rights and share capital as of year-end 2025.
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Disclosure of LSE and XAMS repurchases for cancellation under buy-back.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
buy-back programme financial
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
08 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 08 January, 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 |
| 08/01/2026 | 1,220,650 | 26.3000 | 25.5400 | 25.7776 | LSE | GBP |
| 08/01/2026 | 16,399 | 25.6250 | 25.6050 | 25.6162 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 08/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 08/01/2026 | 1,137,703 | 30.4100 | 29.5500 | 29.7961 | XAMS | EUR |
| 08/01/2026 | 58,773 | 29.6500 | 29.6150 | 29.6339 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 08/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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 30 October 2025.
In respect of this programme, Merrill Lynch International will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 30 October 2025 up to and including 30 January 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 Merrill Lynch International 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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