Transaction in Own Shares
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Shell plc (SHEL) has announced a share buyback transaction on 01 October 2024, as part of its existing share buy-back programme announced on 1 August 2024. The company purchased 560,262 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of £24.2617 per share, and 721,632 shares on Euronext Amsterdam at €29.6650 per share.
This buyback is part of both on-market and off-market limbs of the programme, with Citigroup Global Markets making independent trading decisions until 25 October 2024. The programme adheres to Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules, Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation, and related EU and UK regulations.
Positive
- Shell is actively repurchasing shares, potentially increasing shareholder value
- The company is executing its previously announced share buy-back programme
- Shell demonstrates financial strength to conduct significant share repurchases
Negative
- None.
News Market Reaction 1 Alert
On the day this news was published, SHEL gained 1.39%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Transaction in Own Shares
01 October, 2024
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 01 October 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 |
| 01/10/2024 | 560,262 | LSE | GBP | |||
| 01/10/2024 | - | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
| 01/10/2024 | - | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
| 01/10/2024 | 721,632 | XAMS | EUR | |||
| 01/10/2024 | - | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
| 01/10/2024 | - | 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 1 August 2024.
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 1 August 2024 up to and including 25 October 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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
Enquiries
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LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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