Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc (SHEL) purchased 1,278,353 ordinary shares for cancellation on 11 February 2026 across multiple venues and currencies.
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Shell plc (SHEL) purchased 1,278,353 ordinary shares for cancellation on 11 February 2026 across multiple venues and currencies.
Purchases occurred on LSE, Chi-X, BATS (GBP) and XAMS, CBOE DXE, TQEX (EUR). The trades form part of the buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026, with Morgan Stanley making independent trading decisions through 01 May 2026.
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Feb 11, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 2.99% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Feb 11 session.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 356,747 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 11/02/2026 on LSE
- LSE highest price
- 29.1750 GBP
- Highest price paid per share on LSE 11/02/2026
- LSE VWAP
- 28.8325 GBP
- Volume weighted average price on LSE 11/02/2026
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 372,304 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on XAMS 11/02/2026
- XAMS highest price
- 33.6000 EUR
- Highest price paid per share on XAMS 11/02/2026
- XAMS VWAP
- 33.2178 EUR
- Volume weighted average price on XAMS 11/02/2026
- Programme start date
- 05 February 2026
- Start of current share buy-back programme period
- Programme end date
- 01 May 2026
- End of current share buy-back programme period
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 1,382,252 shares repurchased for cancellation under buyback.
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1,637,748 shares bought back and cancelled across multiple venues.
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Board approves proposed move from EY to PwC as future auditor.
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1,588,690 shares repurchased for cancellation on first day of programme.
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Announcement of $3.5B buyback over ~3 months for up to 400M shares.
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
on-market financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
11 February 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 11 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 |
| 11/02/2026 | 356,747 | 29.1750 | 28.5200 | 28.8325 | LSE | GBP |
| 11/02/2026 | 211,609 | 29.1750 | 28.5200 | 28.8502 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 11/02/2026 | 71,783 | 29.1700 | 28.5200 | 28.8530 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 11/02/2026 | 372,304 | 33.6000 | 32.7850 | 33.2178 | XAMS | EUR |
| 11/02/2026 | 226,943 | 33.6000 | 32.8100 | 33.2104 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 11/02/2026 | 38,967 | 33.5800 | 32.8700 | 33.2352 | 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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