Transaction in Own Shares
On December 16, 2021, Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the purchase of 1,663,000 'B' shares for cancellation as part of its previously announced buy-back arrangement effective from December 2, 2021, to January 28, 2022. The shares were acquired at varying prices, with the highest at 16.324 GBP and the lowest at 16.072 GBP. The transactions were executed by BNP Paribas Exane, which will independently manage trading decisions under compliance with regulations including EU MAR and UK MAR.
- The buy-back arrangement is expected to enhance shareholder value by reducing the share count.
- The share repurchase demonstrates management's confidence in the company's financial health.
- The share buy-back may divert funds from other potential investments or dividends.
- Market perception may be negatively affected if the buy-back is seen as a lack of growth opportunities.
| Transaction in Own Shares | ||||||
| 16 December 2021 | ||||||
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| Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 16 December 2021 it purchased the following number of 'B' Shares for cancellation. | ||||||
| Aggregated information on “B” shares purchased according to trading venues: | ||||||
| Date of purchase | Number of “B” shares purchased | Highest price paid (GBP) | Lowest price paid (GBP) | Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP) | Venue | |
| 16/12/2021 | 1,359,000 | 16.324 | 16.072 | 16.210 | LSE | |
| 16/12/2021 | 179,000 | 16.320 | 16.068 | 16.201 | Chi-X (CXE) | |
| 16/12/2021 | 125,000 | 16.318 | 16.068 | 16.199 | BATS (BXE) | |
These share purchases form part of the Company's share buy-back arrangement previously announced on 02 December 2021.
In respect of this arrangement, BNP Paribas Exane will make trading decisions in relation to the Company’s securities independently of the Company for a period from 02 December 2021 up to and including 28 January 2022.
Any such share purchases will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares, Chapter 12 of the 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 (on 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 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 (“EU MAR Delegation Regulation”) and EU MAR Delegated Regulation as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (on 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 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 full breakdown of the individual trades made by BNP Paribas Exane on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back arrangement is detailed below.
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LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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