Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,485,081 shares on 05 December 2025 as part of its ongoing buy-back programme.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled a total of 1,485,081 shares on 05 December 2025 as part of its ongoing buy-back programme.
Purchases recorded by venue: 745,195 shares on LSE at a volume-weighted average price of 27.6361 GBP, and 739,886 shares on XAMS at a volume-weighted average price of 31.7302 EUR. The transactions were executed under the Company’s on- and off-market buy-back authorities.
Merrill Lynch International will make trading decisions independently for the programme from 30 October 2025 up to and including 30 January 2026. The programme is conducted under UK MAR and related delegated regulations.
Positive
- Total repurchased of 1,485,081 shares on 05/12/2025
- LSE VWAP 27.6361 GBP for 745,195 shares
- XAMS VWAP 31.7302 EUR for 739,886 shares
- Repurchases executed under existing on- and off-market buy-back authorities
Negative
- None.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Dec 5, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 2.00% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Dec 5 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares bought
- 745,195 shares
- Repurchased for cancellation on 05/12/2025
- LSE VWAP
- £27.6361
- Volume weighted average price on 05/12/2025
- LSE price range
- £27.4900–£27.8800
- Lowest and highest prices paid on 05/12/2025
- XAMS shares bought
- 739,886 shares
- Repurchased for cancellation on 05/12/2025
- XAMS VWAP
- €31.7302
- Volume weighted average price on 05/12/2025
- XAMS price range
- €31.5750–€31.9700
- Lowest and highest prices paid on 05/12/2025
- Buy-back window start
- 30 October 2025
- Start of current Merrill Lynch-led programme
- Buy-back window end
- 30 January 2026
- End date for current programme period
Historical Context
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Daily disclosure of shares repurchased for cancellation on LSE and XAMS.
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Announcement of 1,486,151 shares bought back across LSE and XAMS venues.
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Update on total voting rights and share count following recent buy-backs.
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Disclosure of LSE and XAMS repurchases under the ongoing buy-back plan.
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Report of 1,498,482 shares purchased for cancellation across two venues.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
on-market financial
off-market financial
uk mar regulatory
eu mar regulatory
uk listing rules regulatory
buy-back programme financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
05 December, 2025
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 05 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 |
| 05/12/2025 | 745,195 | 27.8800 | 27.4900 | 27.6361 | LSE | GBP |
| 05/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 05/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 05/12/2025 | 739,886 | 31.9700 | 31.5750 | 31.7302 | XAMS | EUR |
| 05/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 05/12/2025 | - | - | - | - | 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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