Transaction in Own Shares
On 17 April 2023, Shell plc announced the purchase of 915,000 shares for cancellation as part of its share buy-back program initiated on 2 February 2023. The shares were acquired through various trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange and Chi-X, with prices ranging from £24.535 to £24.955. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was £24.754. BNP Paribas Exane is managing the trading decisions independently until 28 April 2023. This initiative aligns with the company’s strategy to enhance shareholder value by reducing the total number of shares outstanding. These transactions comply with the Market Abuse Regulation and the company's own share repurchase authority.
- Purchased 915,000 shares for cancellation, enhancing shareholder value.
- Shares bought at a volume-weighted average price of £24.754, indicating effective capital management.
- None.
17 April, 2023
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 17 April 2023 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 |
| 17/04/2023 | 495,000 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 17/04/2023 | 120,000 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 17/04/2023 | 300,000 | BATS (BXE) | GBP |
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 February 2023.
In respect of this programme, BNP Paribas Exane will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 2 February 2023 up to and including 28 April 2023.
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 Exane 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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