Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) purchased 1,316,305 shares for cancellation on 23 April 2026 across LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) purchased 1,316,305 shares for cancellation on 23 April 2026 across LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE and TQEX. Transactions show venue-level VWAPs of ~33.11 GBP and ~38.23 EUR. Purchases were executed under the buyback programme announced 05 February 2026, managed independently by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc and conducted within prescribed UK MAR/EU MAR parameters.
Positive
- 1,316,305 shares purchased for cancellation on 23 April 2026
- Buyback executed across six trading venues, showing diversified execution
- Trades effected under independent management by Morgan Stanley within preset parameters
Negative
- Aggregate cash consideration of trades approximately £21.77m and €25.19m (venue VWAPs), reducing liquidity
- Buyback is ongoing under programme limits; further purchases may continue through 01 May 2026
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Apr 23, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.25% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Apr 23 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares repurchased
- 421,916 shares
- On-market purchases on LSE on 23/04/2026
- LSE highest price
- 33.3250 GBP
- Highest price paid per share on LSE 23/04/2026
- LSE lowest price
- 32.9900 GBP
- Lowest price paid per share on LSE 23/04/2026
- LSE VWAP
- 33.1161 GBP
- Volume-weighted average price on LSE 23/04/2026
- XAMS shares repurchased
- 384,570 shares
- On-market purchases on XAMS on 23/04/2026
- XAMS VWAP
- 38.2323 EUR
- Volume-weighted average price on XAMS 23/04/2026
- Programme start date
- 05 February 2026
- Start of current share buy-back programme
- Programme end date
- 01 May 2026
- End date for Morgan Stanley trading mandate
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,247,760 shares repurchased and cancelled under buy-back.
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Update on 1,309,220 shares bought for cancellation across venues.
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Report of 1,165,886 shares cancelled under ongoing programme.
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Larger 2,741,165-share cancellation coincided with a -4.03% move.
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1,620,931 shares repurchased with detailed GBP/EUR venue VWAPs.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
EU MAR regulatory
UK MAR regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
trading venue technical
on-market limb financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
23 April 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 23 April 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 |
| 23/04/2026 | 421,916 | 33.3250 | 32.9900 | 33.1161 | LSE | GBP |
| 23/04/2026 | 175,330 | 33.3250 | 32.9950 | 33.1113 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 23/04/2026 | 60,271 | 33.2900 | 32.9950 | 33.1118 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 23/04/2026 | 384,570 | 38.4600 | 38.0550 | 38.2323 | XAMS | EUR |
| 23/04/2026 | 234,311 | 38.4650 | 38.0550 | 38.2315 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 23/04/2026 | 39,907 | 38.4350 | 38.0550 | 38.2238 | 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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