Transaction in Own Shares
On December 31, 2021, Royal Dutch Shell announced the purchase of 1,120,098 'B' shares for cancellation as part of its previously announced share buy-back program initiated on December 2, 2021. The shares were acquired at an average price of £16.222 and £16.235 across different trading venues including LSE, Chi-X, and BATS. These transactions comply with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and UK laws regarding share buy-backs, ensuring that all trading decisions are made independently by BNP Paribas Exane until January 28, 2022.
- Share buy-back program indicates a commitment to returning value to shareholders.
- Purchase of over 1 million shares demonstrates a significant investment in the company's stock.
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| Transaction in Own Shares | ||||||
| 31 December 2021 | ||||||
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| Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 31 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 | |
| 31/12/2021 | 803,098 | 16.304 | 16.106 | 16.222 | LSE | |
| 31/12/2021 | 184,000 | 16.304 | 16.110 | 16.235 | Chi-X (CXE) | |
| 31/12/2021 | 133,000 | 16.304 | 16.116 | 16.235 | 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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