Transaction in Own Shares
Shell plc announced the purchase of 1,657,477 shares for cancellation on 17 August 2022 as part of its ongoing share buy-back program initiated on 28 July 2022. The highest purchase price per share was £21.9700 and the lowest was £21.5600, with a volume-weighted average price of £21.7274. Additional purchases included 494,353 shares and 1,800,000 shares at various prices. The program adheres to UK MAR regulations and involves independent trading decisions by Citigroup Global Markets Limited until 21 October 2022.
- Completed share buy-back of 1,657,477 shares, indicating a commitment to enhancing shareholder value.
- Engaged Citigroup Global Markets Limited to manage trading independently, suggesting professional oversight.
- Share repurchase program complies with UK MAR regulations, enhancing investor confidence.
- No negative aspects identified.
Transaction in Own Shares
17 August 2022
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 17 August 2022 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 |
| 17/08/2022 | 1,657,477 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 17/08/2022 | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 17/08/2022 | 494,353 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 17/08/2022 | 1,800,000 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 17/08/2022 | - | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 17/08/2022 | - | 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 28 July 2022.
In respect of this programme, Citigroup Global Markets Limited will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 28 July 2022 up to and including 21 October 2022.
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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited 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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