Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (LSE:SHEL) reported that on 26 August 2026 it repurchased shares for cancellation under its existing share buy-back programme.
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Shell (LSE:SHEL) reported that on 26 August 2026 it repurchased shares for cancellation under its existing share buy-back programme. The company bought 1,000,000 shares on the LSE, 150,000 shares on Chi-X (CXE), and 575,000 shares on XAMS.
Prices ranged from £33.2800–£33.7700 in GBP venues and €38.9300–€39.4650 on XAMS, with disclosed volume-weighted average prices per venue. According to Shell, Goldman Sachs International independently executes the programme within pre-set parameters and applicable UK and EU market abuse regulations.
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- 1,000,000 shares repurchased on LSE on 26 August 2026
- 150,000 shares repurchased on Chi-X (CXE) on 26 August 2026
- 575,000 shares repurchased on XAMS on 26 August 2026
- Buy-back executed under pre-set parameters and MAR/UK MAR rules
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News Explained
Shell has bought shares designated for cancellation, but this notice records the purchases—not completed cancellation—so the holder effect remains at the programme stage.
Shell purchased 1,000,000 shares on LSE, 150,000 on Chi-X (CXE), and 575,000 on XAMS on
The disclosed structural consequence is the stated cancellation treatment of those purchased shares, rather than a transfer of them to investors. The programme has on-market and off-market limbs: the former uses the company’s general authority, while the latter uses a shareholder-approved off-market buyback contract.
The supplied platform history shows five “Transaction in Own Shares” notices dated from
Sources and calculations
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-26)
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-26)
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-25)
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-24)
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-20)
- Transaction in Own Shares (2026-08-19)
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News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Aug 27, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.45% below the previous close. Relative volume reached 1.8x the daily average during tracking.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Aug 27 session.
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Transaction in Own Shares
August 26, 2026
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Shell plc (the 'Company') announces that on 26 August 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 |
| 26/08/2026 | 1,000,000 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 26/08/2026 | 150,000 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 26/08/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 26/08/2026 | 575,000 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 26/08/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 26/08/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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 July 2026.
In respect of this programme, Goldman Sachs International will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 30 July 2026 up to and including 23 October 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 Goldman Sachs 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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