Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,588,690 shares for cancellation on 05 February 2026 across UK and European trading venues.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,588,690 shares for cancellation on 05 February 2026 across UK and European trading venues. Purchases were executed on LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX with GBP prices ranged £27.64–£28.585 and EUR prices ranged €31.865–€33.00. Morgan Stanley will trade independently under the existing buy-back programme through 01 May 2026.
Positive
- Total shares repurchased: 1,588,690 on 05 February 2026
- Buy-back executed across six venues (LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX)
- Independent trading by Morgan Stanley under the programme through 01 May 2026
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 5, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 5.28% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 5 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 464,002 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on LSE 05/02/2026
- VWAP LSE
- 28.0976 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on LSE 05/02/2026
- Shares repurchased Chi-X
- 212,057 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on Chi-X (CXE) 05/02/2026
- Shares repurchased BATS
- 110,499 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on BATS (BXE) 05/02/2026
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 455,740 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on XAMS 05/02/2026
- VWAP XAMS
- 32.4258 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on XAMS 05/02/2026
- Programme period
- 05 February 2026 to 01 May 2026
- Period during which Morgan Stanley trades independently
- Highest price XAMS
- 33.0000 EUR
- Highest price paid per share on XAMS 05/02/2026
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,361,056 shares repurchased and cancelled under existing programme.
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Notification of 5,687,196,643 ordinary shares as voting rights denominator.
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Repurchase and cancellation of 1,351,003 shares across LSE and XAMS.
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Purchase and cancellation of 1,080,959 shares with reported VWAPs in GBP and EUR.
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Repurchase of 1,313,901 shares for cancellation on LSE and XAMS venues.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
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eu mar regulatory
uk mar regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
05 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 05 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 |
| 05/02/2026 | 464,002 | 28.5850 | 27.6400 | 28.0976 | LSE | GBP |
| 05/02/2026 | 212,057 | 28.5850 | 27.6400 | 28.0972 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 05/02/2026 | 110,499 | 28.5700 | 27.6450 | 28.1092 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 05/02/2026 | 455,740 | 33.0000 | 31.8650 | 32.4258 | XAMS | EUR |
| 05/02/2026 | 293,987 | 33.0000 | 31.8700 | 32.4427 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 05/02/2026 | 52,405 | 33.0000 | 31.9600 | 32.5266 | 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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