Transaction in Own Shares
On 11 November 2021, Royal Dutch Shell plc conducted a share buyback by purchasing 1,200,000 'B' shares for cancellation. The purchases included:
- 1,050,000 shares at an average price of 16.701 GBP.
- 90,000 shares at an average price of 16.692 GBP.
- 60,000 shares at an average price of 16.692 GBP.
This action is part of a previously announced buyback program, with trading decisions made by Exane BNP Paribas, effective until 29 December 2021.
- 1,200,000 'B' shares purchased for cancellation, indicating strong capital management.
- Shares acquired within average prices ranging from 16.692 GBP to 16.701 GBP, potentially supporting share price stability.
- None.
| Transaction in Own Shares | ||||||
| 11 November 2021 | ||||||
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| Royal Dutch Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 11 November 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 | |
| 11/11/2021 | 1,050,000 | 16.840 | 16.538 | 16.701 | LSE | |
| 11/11/2021 | 90,000 | 16.824 | 16.578 | 16.692 | Chi-X (CXE) | |
| 11/11/2021 | 60,000 | 16.834 | 16.546 | 16.692 | BATS (BXE) | |
These share purchases form part of the Company's share buy-back arrangement previously announced on 29 July 2021.
In respect of this arrangement, Exane BNP Paribas will make trading decisions in relation to the Company’s securities independently of the Company for a period from 29 July 2021 up to and including 29 December 2021.
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 Exane BNP Paribas 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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