Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) announced that on 08 December 2025 it purchased shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme first announced on 30 October 2025.
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Shell (SHEL) announced that on 08 December 2025 it purchased shares for cancellation under its existing buy-back programme first announced on 30 October 2025.
Aggregated trades on 08/12/2025 by venue: 697,461 shares on LSE at VWAP £27.4920, 42,067 shares on BATS at VWAP £27.5299, and 740,816 shares on XAMS at VWAP €31.5324. Purchases on some venues showed no trades.
The programme is managed by Merrill Lynch International (independent trading decisions) and runs through 30 January 2026, and is conducted under UK MAR/EU MAR and the company’s repurchase authorities.
Positive
- Total of 1,480,344 shares purchased on 08/12/2025
- Buy-back executed across multiple venues (LSE, BATS, XAMS)
- Programme managed by Merrill Lynch International independently until 30/01/2026
Negative
- No disclosure of outstanding shares or buy-back percent to assess materiality
- Purchases on several venues recorded as no trades, showing limited market coverage on those venues
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Dec 8, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.42% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Dec 8 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 697,461 shares
- 08 December 2025, for cancellation on LSE
- VWAP LSE
- 27.4920 GBP
- Volume weighted average price per share, LSE 08/12/2025
- Shares repurchased BATS
- 42,067 shares
- 08 December 2025, for cancellation on BATS (BXE)
- VWAP BATS
- 27.5299 GBP
- Volume weighted average price per share, BATS 08/12/2025
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 740,816 shares
- 08 December 2025, for cancellation on XAMS
- VWAP XAMS
- 31.5324 EUR
- Volume weighted average price per share, XAMS 08/12/2025
- Programme start
- 30 October 2025
- Start of current buy-back period with Merrill Lynch International
- Programme end
- 30 January 2026
- Scheduled end of current buy-back trading period
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,457,504 shares repurchased for cancellation across LSE and XAMS.
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Final results of $6.35B note exchange to migrate debt to Shell Finance US.
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Buy-back disclosure for LSE and XAMS trades under October 30 programme.
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Announcement of 1,486,151 shares repurchased and cancelled across main venues.
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Update on total voting rights and share count for disclosure threshold purposes.
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 financial
uk listing rules regulatory
market abuse (amendment) (eu exit) regulations (si 2019/310) regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
08 December, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 08 December, 2025 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 |
| 08/12/2025 | 697,461 | 27.6500 | 27.3300 | 27.4920 | LSE | GBP |
| 08/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 08/12/2025 | 42,067 | 27.6050 | 27.4600 | 27.5299 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 08/12/2025 | 740,816 | 31.6850 | 31.3500 | 31.5324 | XAMS | EUR |
| 08/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 08/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | 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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