Transaction in Own Shares
Shell (SHEL) announced on 19 January 2026 that it purchased shares for cancellation as part of its ongoing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025.
Sentiment and the balance of points
Rhea-AI Sentiment reads the wording of the document, how positive or negative its language is on a 1 to 5 scale. The balance of points shown with the takes weighs what the document actually discloses, so the two can disagree, for example when a trial that missed its main goal is described in upbeat language.
Rhea-AI Summary
Shell (SHEL) announced on 19 January 2026 that it purchased shares for cancellation as part of its ongoing buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025.
Aggregated purchases that day:
- 659,305 shares on LSE at VWAP £27.3701
- 661,777 shares on XAMS at VWAP €31.6718
Positive
- Purchased 659,305 shares on LSE (VWAP £27.3701) for cancellation
- Purchased 661,777 shares on XAMS (VWAP €31.6718) for cancellation
- Buy-back programme continues under authorised on- and off-market mechanisms
Negative
- No aggregate total share count or percentage of share capital disclosed for the day
- Purchases limited to two venues with other venues showing no trades that day
Details
News Market Reaction – SHEL
The recorded move for SHEL in the trading session of this news was -1.54%.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus. Session date unavailable.
Key Figures
- Shares repurchased LSE
- 659,305 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 19 January 2026
- VWAP LSE
- GBP 27.3701
- Volume weighted average price on 19 January 2026
- Highest price LSE
- GBP 27.6000
- Highest price paid on 19 January 2026
- Lowest price LSE
- GBP 27.2700
- Lowest price paid on 19 January 2026
- Shares repurchased XAMS
- 661,777 shares
- Purchased for cancellation on 19 January 2026
- VWAP XAMS
- EUR 31.6718
- Volume weighted average price on 19 January 2026
- Highest price XAMS
- EUR 31.9000
- Highest price paid on 19 January 2026
- Lowest price XAMS
- EUR 31.5400
- Lowest price paid on 19 January 2026
Historical Context
-
Disclosure of 1.68M shares repurchased and cancelled across LSE and XAMS.
-
Update on 1.96M shares bought back under existing repurchase programme.
-
Report of 2.09M shares repurchased across several trading venues.
-
Disclosure of 2.43M shares repurchased as part of ongoing buy-back.
-
Q4 outlook with below break-even Chemicals and large German cash outflows.
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
AI-generated analysis. How Rhea-AI works. Not financial advice.
Transaction in Own Shares
19 January, 2026
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 19 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 |
| 19/01/2026 | 659,305 | 27.6000 | 27.2700 | 27.3701 | LSE | GBP |
| 19/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP |
| 19/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
| 19/01/2026 | 661,777 | 31.9000 | 31.5400 | 31.6718 | XAMS | EUR |
| 19/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | CBOE DXE | EUR |
| 19/01/2026 | - | - | - | - | 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
Attachment
FAQ
AI-generated questions and answers. How Rhea-AI works. Not financial advice.