Transaction in Own Shares
On July 1, 2024, Shell announced the purchase of its own shares as part of a buy-back program initiated on May 2, 2024. The shares were bought on multiple trading venues, including the LSE, Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, and CBOE DXE, totaling 704,000 shares. Prices ranged from £28.455 to £28.720 on GBP venues and €33.740 to €33.975 on EUR venues. The buy-back is managed by BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC and adheres to both EU MAR and UK MAR regulations. The program runs until July 26, 2024, allowing Shell's independent trading decisions within set parameters approved by shareholders.
- Shell repurchased 704,000 of its own shares, indicating strong cash flow and potential confidence in its stock value.
- The buy-back program supports the reduction of outstanding shares, which can increase earnings per share (EPS) and potentially elevate stock prices.
- Prices paid for shares ranged from £28.455 to £28.720 and €33.740 to €33.975, reflecting stable valuation.
- No significant negative aspects were reported.
Transaction in Own Shares
1 July, 2024
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 1 July, 2024 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 |
| 01/07/2024 | 469,613 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 01/07/2024 | 129,002 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 01/07/2024 | 101,385 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 01/07/2024 | 4,133 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 01/07/2024 | 867 | CBOE DXE | 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 2 May 2024.
In respect of this programme, BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 2 May 2024 up to and including 26 July 2024.
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 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 (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 BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
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LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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