Standard Chartered completes latest share buyback tranche

Standard Chartered PLC executed a buyback of 521,631 of its ordinary shares, each valued at $0.50, on August 26, 2025. These shares were purchased from Goldman Sachs International as part of a program first announced on July 31, 2025. The buyback involved transactions across multiple trading venues, with a volume-weighted average price of 1,389.68 GB pence per share.

The share repurchases occurred on the London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE. On the London Stock Exchange, 365,142 shares were bought at a volume-weighted average price of 1,389.73 GB pence, with prices ranging from 1,371.00 to 1,403.00 GB pence. CBOE BXE saw the purchase of 52,163 shares at an average of 1,389.42 GB pence, while 104,326 shares were acquired on CBOE CXE at an average of 1,389.63 GB pence.

As of the close of business on the trading day prior to this announcement, Standard Chartered had allocated an aggregate of $153,110,071.03 towards share purchases under the buyback. Standard Chartered plans to cancel the purchased shares, which will result in 2,307,248,032 ordinary shares remaining in issue and a corresponding total number of voting rights.