Standard Chartered buys back shares for cancellation

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced on August 26, 2025, that it purchased 150,818 of its ordinary US$0.50 shares on August 22, 2025, through Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back program detailed in the July 31, 2025, announcement. The lowest price paid per share was GB pence 1,399.00, while the highest price was GB pence 1,408.50. The volume-weighted average price paid per share on that date was GB pence 1,405.66.

The purchases occurred across different venues: London Stock Exchange saw 92,479 shares at a volume-weighted average price of GB pence 1,405.48, CBOE BXE traded 21,063 shares at GB pence 1,405.92, and CBOE CXE handled 37,276 shares at GB pence 1,405.94. As of the close of business on the trading day preceding this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$150,241,180.87 to share purchases under the buy-back program.

SC intends to cancel these purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 2,307,769,663, which will also represent the total number of voting rights in SC.