Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (SHEL) announces it purchased and cancelled shares under its existing buy-back programme on 30 October 2025.
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Shell plc (SHEL) announces it purchased and cancelled shares under its existing buy-back programme on 30 October 2025. Aggregated trades show 622,697 shares purchased on LSE at a volume-weighted average price of £28.8174 and 744,460 shares purchased on XAMS at a volume-weighted average price of €32.8038. No fills were recorded for Chi-X, BATS, CBOE DXE or TQEX on that date.
The purchases form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the company’s previously announced buy-back programme, with Merrill Lynch International making independent trading decisions for the period 30 October 2025 to 30 January 2026. Transactions were conducted in accordance with applicable UK MAR and EU MAR rules.
Positive
- Purchased 622,697 shares on LSE at VWAP £28.8174 on 30/10/2025
- Purchased 744,460 shares on XAMS at VWAP €32.8038 on 30/10/2025
- Shares bought were designated for cancellation under the buy-back programme
Negative
- No trades executed on Chi-X, BATS, CBOE DXE, TQEX on 30/10/2025
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News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Oct 30, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 1.09% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Oct 30 session.
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Transaction in Own Shares
30 October, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 30 October, 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 |
| 30/10/2025 | 622,697 | 28.9850 | 28.5250 | 28.8174 | LSE | GBP |
| 30/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 30/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 30/10/2025 | 744,460 | 33.0000 | 32.4550 | 32.8038 | XAMS | EUR |
| 30/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 30/10/2025 | - | - | - | - | 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
LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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