LONDON, Aug. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (the 'Company') (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces that on August 9, 2019 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares and "B" Shares for cancellation.

Aggregated information on "A" shares purchased according to trading venues:

Date of
purchase

Number of
"A" shares
purchased

Highest price
paid

Lowest price
paid

Volume
weighted
average price
paid per
share

Venue

09 August 2019

174,821

25.8650 EUR

25.4800 EUR

25.6240 EUR

BATS (BXE)

09 August 2019

74,158

25.8500 EUR

25.5250 EUR

25.6259 EUR

Chi-X (CXE)

 

Aggregated information on "B" shares purchased according to trading venues:

Date of
purchase

Number of
"B" shares
purchased

Highest price
paid

Lowest price
paid

Volume
weighted
average price
paid per
share

Venue

09 August 2019

996,324

2,349.50 GBp

2,310.50 GBp

2,327.14 GBp

LSE

09 August 2019

355,415

2,349.50 GBp

2,311.50 GBp

2,327.21 GBp

BATS (BXE)

09 August 2019

239,818

2,349.50 GBp

2,311.50 GBp

2,327.18 GBp

Chi-X (CXE)

 

These share purchases form part of the fifth tranche of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. The Company announced the fifth tranche of its share buyback programme on August 1, 2019.

In respect of this programme, Citigroup Global Markets Limited will make trading decisions in relation to the Company's securities independently of the Company for a period from August 1, 2019 up to and including October 28, 2019.

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 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a full 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.

PDF: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/958861/2019_08_09_transaction_in_own_shares_full2.pdf

Enquiries

Shell Media Relations
International, UK, European Press: +44(0)207-934-5550
Shell Investor Relations
Europe: +31-70-377-3996 
United States: +1-832-337-2034

LEI number of Royal Dutch Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

 

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SOURCE Royal Dutch Shell plc