Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,382,252 ordinary shares for cancellation on 09 February 2026 across six trading venues, at VWAPs of ~£27.93 and ~€32.15 per share.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,382,252 ordinary shares for cancellation on 09 February 2026 across six trading venues, at VWAPs of ~£27.93 and ~€32.15 per share. Purchases form part of the on- and off-market buyback programme announced 05 February 2026 and run through 01 May 2026.
Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc is executing trades independently under preset parameters and in compliance with EU MAR/UK MAR and UK Listing Rules.
Positive
- Total repurchase of 1,382,252 shares on 09 February 2026
- Buyback executed across six trading venues (LSE, CXE, BXE, XAMS, DXE, TQEX) under independent broker execution
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 9, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 3.33% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 9 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares repurchased
- 386,804 shares
- On-market limb, LSE, 09/02/2026
- LSE VWAP
- £27.9256
- Volume weighted average price on LSE, 09/02/2026
- XAMS shares repurchased
- 423,846 shares
- On-market limb, XAMS, 09/02/2026
- XAMS VWAP
- €32.1508
- Volume weighted average price on XAMS, 09/02/2026
- Programme start date
- 05 February 2026
- Buyback trading period start under existing programme
- Programme end date
- 01 May 2026
- Buyback trading period end for Morgan Stanley mandate
- Highest GBP price paid
- £28.1950
- Across UK venues on 09/02/2026
- Highest EUR price paid
- €32.4800
- Across EU venues on 09/02/2026
Historical Context
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Reported 1.59M shares repurchased for cancellation across UK and EU venues.
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Announced new $3.5B buyback over about three months for up to 400M shares.
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Declared Q4 2025 interim dividend of $0.372 per share, payable March 30, 2026.
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Highlighted 2025 free cash flow $26.1B, CFFO $42.9B and a $3.5B buyback.
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Mixed Q4 and FY 2025 results with higher income but lower adjusted earnings and CFFO.
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
09 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 09 February 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 |
| 09/02/2026 | 386,804 | 28.1950 | 27.5400 | 27.9256 | LSE | GBP |
| 09/02/2026 | 184,066 | 28.1950 | 27.5850 | 27.9273 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 09/02/2026 | 89,676 | 28.1950 | 27.5850 | 27.9250 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 09/02/2026 | 423,846 | 32.4800 | 31.7300 | 32.1508 | XAMS | EUR |
| 09/02/2026 | 254,279 | 32.4800 | 31.7300 | 32.1517 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 09/02/2026 | 43,581 | 32.4800 | 31.7300 | 32.1569 | 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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