Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 747,124 shares for cancellation on 13 April 2026 across multiple trading venues, under its ongoing buy-back programme.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 747,124 shares for cancellation on 13 April 2026 across multiple trading venues, under its ongoing buy-back programme. The purchases were executed by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc, which will trade independently from 05 February 2026 through 01 May 2026.
Transactions were made in GBP and EUR across LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX, with volume-weighted average prices of ~34.68 GBP and ~39.86 EUR per share.
Positive
- Shares cancelled: 747,124 on 13 April 2026
- Buy-back period: 05 February 2026 to 01 May 2026
- Execution agent: Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc trading independently
- Multi-venue execution: 6 trading venues (LSE, CXE, BXE, XAMS, DXE, TQEX)
- VWAPs reported: ~34.68 GBP and ~39.86 EUR per share
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Apr 13, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.42% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Apr 13 session.
Key Figures
- Shares purchased LSE
- 257,578 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at LSE
- Shares purchased Chi-X
- 81,861 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at Chi-X (CXE)
- Shares purchased BATS
- 37,762 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at BATS (BXE)
- Shares purchased XAMS
- 195,567 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at XAMS
- Shares purchased CBOE DXE
- 146,725 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at CBOE DXE
- Shares purchased TQEX
- 27,631 shares
- Buy-back on 13/04/2026 at TQEX
- GBP VWAP LSE
- 34.6799 GBP
- Volume weighted average price per share at LSE on 13/04/2026
- EUR VWAP XAMS
- 39.8636 EUR
- Volume weighted average price per share at XAMS on 13/04/2026
Historical Context
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Large cancellation of 4,450,454 shares under ongoing buy-back programme.
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Q1 outlook with higher refining margin but large working capital outflow and lease impact.
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Repurchase of 1,279,747 shares for cancellation across multiple venues.
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PDMRs received dividend shares following the 30 March 2026 interim dividend.
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Repurchase of 858,749 ordinary shares for cancellation under buy-back programme.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
volume weighted average price technical
on-market financial
off-market financial
uk listing rules regulatory
eu mar regulatory
uk mar regulatory
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Transaction in Own Shares
13 April 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 13 April 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 |
| 13/04/2026 | 257,578 | 34.8850 | 34.5100 | 34.6799 | LSE | GBP |
| 13/04/2026 | 81,861 | 34.8850 | 34.5100 | 34.6930 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 13/04/2026 | 37,762 | 34.8850 | 34.4950 | 34.6946 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 13/04/2026 | 195,567 | 40.0850 | 39.6450 | 39.8636 | XAMS | EUR |
| 13/04/2026 | 146,725 | 40.0750 | 39.6350 | 39.8464 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 13/04/2026 | 27,631 | 40.0650 | 39.6750 | 39.8314 | 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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