Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) announced on 30 January 2026 it repurchased a total of 1,361,056 shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) announced on 30 January 2026 it repurchased a total of 1,361,056 shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme announced 30 October 2025.
Purchases occurred on LSE and XAMS with VWAPs of £27.8407 and €32.1997 respectively; Merrill Lynch International executed trades independently through 30 January 2026.
Positive
- Total shares repurchased: 1,361,056 on 30 January 2026
- Repurchases executed across LSE and XAMS with disclosed VWAPs
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 30, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.57% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 30 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 689,103 shares
- For cancellation on 30/01/2026 at LSE
- VWAP LSE
- 27.8407 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on 30/01/2026
- Highest LSE price
- 27.9700 GBP
- Highest price paid on 30/01/2026
- Lowest LSE price
- 27.6900 GBP
- Lowest price paid on 30/01/2026
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 671,953 shares
- For cancellation on 30/01/2026 at XAMS
- VWAP XAMS
- 32.1997 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on 30/01/2026
- Current share price
- 77.47
- Pre-news context for SHEL
- 52-week high
- 78.17
- Price sits 0.9% below this level
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,080,959 shares purchased and cancelled across LSE and XAMS.
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Update on 1,313,901 shares repurchased for cancellation under existing programme.
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Report of LSE and XAMS repurchases totaling over 1.1 million shares.
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Disclosure of 1,547,847 shares repurchased for cancellation across venues.
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Announcement of 1,320,967 shares bought back and cancelled under programme.
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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uk mar regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
30 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 30 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 |
| 30/01/2026 | 689,103 | 27.9700 | 27.6900 | 27.8407 | LSE | GBP |
| 30/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 30/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 30/01/2026 | 671,953 | 32.3600 | 32.0300 | 32.1997 | XAMS | EUR |
| 30/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 30/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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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