Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,500,136 ordinary shares for cancellation on 05 January 2026 under its existing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025.
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased 1,500,136 ordinary shares for cancellation on 05 January 2026 under its existing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025. Purchases by venue: 752,239 shares on LSE at a volume-weighted average price of £27.5473 and 747,897 shares on XAMS at a volume-weighted average price of €31.8115. No trades were reported on Chi-X, BATS, CBOE DXE or TQEX for the date.
The programme is being executed on- and off-market within pre-set parameters, with Merrill Lynch International making independent trading decisions from 30 October 2025 through 30 January 2026, and will be conducted in accordance with UK MAR and related regulations.
Positive
- Total shares repurchased: 1,500,136 on 05/01/2026
- LSE VWAP: £27.5473 for 752,239 shares
- XAMS VWAP: €31.8115 for 747,897 shares
- Buy-back executed under existing shareholder-approved programme
Negative
- Purchases confined to a single trading day: 05/01/2026
- Programme active only until 30 January 2026, limiting remaining window
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Jan 5, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 0.54% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 5 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares repurchased
- 752,239 shares
- On-market buy-back on LSE 05/01/2026
- LSE VWAP
- £27.5473 per share
- Volume weighted average price, LSE 05/01/2026
- LSE price range
- £27.2200–£27.9400
- Lowest to highest price paid, LSE 05/01/2026
- XAMS shares repurchased
- 747,897 shares
- On-market buy-back on XAMS 05/01/2026
- XAMS VWAP
- €31.8115 per share
- Volume weighted average price, XAMS 05/01/2026
- XAMS price range
- €31.4450–€32.1850
- Lowest to highest price paid, XAMS 05/01/2026
- 52-week range
- $58.545–$77.47
- Pre-news 52-week low and high for SHEL
- Market cap
- $209,134,332,003
- Pre-news market capitalization
Historical Context
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Updated total voting rights and share capital after recent buy-backs.
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Reported daily buy-back volumes and prices on LSE and XAMS.
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Disclosed 1.86M shares repurchased across LSE and XAMS for cancellation.
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Continued execution of buy-back programme with LSE and XAMS purchases.
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Ongoing buy-back with separate GBP and EUR venue disclosures.
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
05 January, 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 05 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 |
| 05/01/2026 | 752,239 | 27.9400 | 27.2200 | 27.5473 | LSE | GBP |
| 05/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 05/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 05/01/2026 | 747,897 | 32.1850 | 31.4450 | 31.8115 | XAMS | EUR |
| 05/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 05/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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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