Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 3,208,307 shares for cancellation on 23 March 2026 across multiple trading venues in GBP and EUR.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 3,208,307 shares for cancellation on 23 March 2026 across multiple trading venues in GBP and EUR.
These purchases form part of the on‑ and off‑market limbs of the existing buy‑back programme announced 05 February 2026, with Morgan Stanley trading independently through 01 May 2026.
Positive
- 3,208,307 shares repurchased for cancellation on 23 March 2026
- Buy‑back programme runs from 05 February 2026 to 01 May 2026
- Trades executed across six venues in GBP and EUR
- Morgan Stanley trading independently under preset parameters
Negative
- VWAP dispersion ~15.6% between GBP (~33.57) and EUR (~38.83) venues on 23 March 2026
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Mar 23, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.30% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Mar 23 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased (LSE)
- 1,062,033 shares
- Bought for cancellation on 23/03/2026, LSE, GBP
- VWAP (LSE)
- £33.5698 per share
- Volume weighted average price, 23/03/2026 LSE purchases
- Shares repurchased (Chi-X CXE)
- 382,952 shares
- Bought for cancellation on 23/03/2026, Chi-X (CXE), GBP
- VWAP (Chi-X CXE)
- £33.5874 per share
- Volume weighted average price, 23/03/2026 Chi-X CXE purchases
- Shares repurchased (BATS BXE)
- 182,137 shares
- Bought for cancellation on 23/03/2026, BATS (BXE), GBP
- VWAP (BATS BXE)
- £33.6147 per share
- Volume weighted average price, 23/03/2026 BATS BXE purchases
- Shares repurchased (XAMS)
- 1,010,590 shares
- Bought for cancellation on 23/03/2026, XAMS, EUR
- VWAP (XAMS)
- €38.8270 per share
- Volume weighted average price, 23/03/2026 XAMS purchases
Historical Context
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Daily report of shares purchased and cancelled under ongoing buy-back programme.
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Qatar LNG production shut since early March after incident; assessments ongoing.
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Disclosure of 1,618,100 shares repurchased and cancelled across multiple venues.
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Update on 559,910 shares bought back and cancelled under February–May programme.
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Announcement of daily repurchases across UK and Dutch venues for cancellation.
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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Transaction in Own Shares
23 March 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 23 March 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 |
| 23/03/2026 | 1,062,033 | 34.2150 | 32.7900 | 33.5698 | LSE | GBP |
| 23/03/2026 | 382,952 | 34.2050 | 32.8050 | 33.5874 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 23/03/2026 | 182,137 | 34.1900 | 32.8750 | 33.6147 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 23/03/2026 | 1,010,590 | 39.4650 | 38.0150 | 38.8270 | XAMS | EUR |
| 23/03/2026 | 468,153 | 39.4650 | 37.9150 | 38.8311 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 23/03/2026 | 102,442 | 39.4650 | 37.9050 | 38.8274 | 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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