Transaction in Own Shares
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) reports repurchases for cancellation on 2 October 2025 under its buy-back programme announced 31 July 2025. Purchases by venue: 347,690 shares on LSE (VWAP £26.7856), 174,293 on Chi-X (VWAP £26.7840), 278,017 on BATS (VWAP £26.7853), 450,028 on XAMS (VWAP €30.8290) and 349,350 on CBOE DXE (VWAP €30.8322). HSBC Bank plc is executing trades independently through the programme running until 24 October 2025. Purchases comply with UK MAR/EU MAR rules and the company’s on- and off-market authorities.
Positive
- Large cancellations executed: Total of 1,599,378 shares purchased across major European venues on 02/10/2025
- Diversified execution: Trades executed in GBP and EUR across LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS and CBOE DXE — reduces execution risk
- Independent execution: HSBC making trading decisions independently through to 24 Oct 2025, aligning with best-practice buyback execution
- Regulatory compliance: Programme conducted under UK MAR/EU MAR and listing rules, limiting legal/regulatory execution risk
Negative
- Cash outflow impact: Buyback uses corporate cash/resources which could otherwise fund capex, M&A or dividends
- Limited scale transparency: PR does not disclose total buyback programme size or remaining capacity, making shareholder impact hard to quantify
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On the day this news was published, SHEL declined 0.91%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Transaction in Own Shares
2 October, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 2 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 |
| 02/10/2025 | 347,690 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 02/10/2025 | 174,293 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 02/10/2025 | 278,017 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 02/10/2025 | 450,028 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 02/10/2025 | 349,350 | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 02/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | 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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