Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled 2,060,266 shares on 03 March 2026 under its existing buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) purchased and cancelled 2,060,266 shares on 03 March 2026 under its existing buy-back programme announced 05 February 2026.
Trades occurred across UK and European venues with volume-weighted average prices near 31.03 GBP (UK venues) and 35.65 EUR (EU venues). Morgan Stanley made trading decisions independently through the programme running to 01 May 2026.
Positive
- 2,060,266 shares repurchased and cancelled on 03/03/2026
- VWAP ~31.03 GBP on UK trading venues (LSE, CXE, BXE)
- VWAP ~35.65 EUR on EU trading venues (XAMS, DXE, TQEX)
Negative
- Buy-back window limited to 05 Feb–01 May 2026
- Purchases executed by Morgan Stanley acting independently of the company
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
On Mar 3, the day this news came out, SHEL closed 2.24% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Mar 3 session.
Key Figures
- LSE shares repurchased
- 736,025 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, LSE venue
- Chi-X shares repurchased
- 228,446 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, Chi-X (CXE)
- BATS shares repurchased
- 84,857 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, BATS (BXE)
- XAMS shares repurchased
- 594,121 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, XAMS
- CBOE DXE shares repurchased
- 356,513 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, CBOE DXE
- TQEX shares repurchased
- 60,304 shares
- 03/03/2026 cancellation, TQEX
- Highest GBP price
- 31.5150 GBP
- 03/03/2026 buy-back transactions
- Highest EUR price
- 36.1000 EUR
- 03/03/2026 buy-back transactions
Historical Context
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Disclosure of 153,314 shares repurchased for cancellation under buy-back programme.
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Purchase of 867,321 shares for cancellation across six trading venues.
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Senior executives received bonus share awards with three-year holding period.
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Update on total voting rights and 5,663,769,613 ordinary shares outstanding.
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Repurchase of 1,287,020 shares for cancellation with disclosed venue VWAPs.
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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eu mar delegated regulation regulatory
off-market buyback contract financial
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buy-back programme financial
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Transaction in Own Shares
03 March 2026
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 03 March 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 |
| 03/03/2026 | 736,025 | 31.5150 | 30.7150 | 31.0244 | LSE | GBP |
| 03/03/2026 | 228,446 | 31.5150 | 30.7350 | 31.0520 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 03/03/2026 | 84,857 | 31.4950 | 30.7200 | 31.0456 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 03/03/2026 | 594,121 | 36.0900 | 35.3200 | 35.6459 | XAMS | EUR |
| 03/03/2026 | 356,513 | 36.1000 | 35.3250 | 35.6551 | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 03/03/2026 | 60,304 | 36.0800 | 35.3750 | 35.6346 | 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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