Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (SHEL) announces purchases of its own shares for cancellation on 13 January 2026 under its buy‑back programme.
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc (SHEL) announces purchases of its own shares for cancellation on 13 January 2026 under its buy‑back programme. The company bought 829,333 shares on LSE at a volume‑weighted average price of GBP 26.9620 and 848,147 shares on XAMS at a volume‑weighted average price of EUR 31.1852, totaling 1,677,480 shares cancelled.
The purchases form part of the on‑ and off‑market limbs of the programme announced 30 October 2025; Merrill Lynch International is making independent trading decisions for the programme through 30 January 2026. Trades were conducted in accordance with UK MAR/EU MAR and relevant delegated regulations.
Positive
- Total of 1,677,480 shares repurchased and cancelled on 13 January 2026
- Executed across major venues with VWAPs: GBP 26.9620 (LSE) and EUR 31.1852 (XAMS)
- Buy‑back operated under existing authority with independent manager Merrill Lynch International through 30 January 2026
Negative
- Announcement gives share counts and prices but not the buy‑back size as a percentage of share capital
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 13, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 2.12% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 13 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 829,333 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 13/01/2026 at LSE
- Highest price LSE
- 27.2950 GBP
- Highest price paid per share on 13/01/2026 at LSE
- Lowest price LSE
- 26.6300 GBP
- Lowest price paid per share on 13/01/2026 at LSE
- VWAP LSE
- 26.9620 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on 13/01/2026 at LSE
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 848,147 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 13/01/2026 at XAMS
- Highest price XAMS
- 31.5600 EUR
- Highest price paid per share on 13/01/2026 at XAMS
- Lowest price XAMS
- 30.8050 EUR
- Lowest price paid per share on 13/01/2026 at XAMS
- VWAP XAMS
- 31.1852 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on 13/01/2026 at XAMS
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 2.09M shares repurchased and cancelled under buy-back.
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Announcement of 2.43M shares bought back across venues.
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Q4 2025 guidance with below break-even Chemicals and cash outflows.
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2.23M shares repurchased and cancelled under ongoing programme.
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1.47M shares bought back on LSE and XAMS with reported VWAPs.
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
13 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 13 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 |
| 13/01/2026 | 829,333 | 27.2950 | 26.6300 | 26.9620 | LSE | GBP |
| 13/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 13/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 13/01/2026 | 848,147 | 31.5600 | 30.8050 | 31.1852 | XAMS | EUR |
| 13/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 13/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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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