Standard Chartered continues share buy-back program with latest purchase

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) completed a significant purchase of its ordinary shares on August 28, 2025, acquiring 537,395 shares from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back program previously announced on July 31, 2025. The shares, each with a nominal value of US$0.50, were purchased at prices ranging from GB Pence 1,372.50 to GB Pence 1,386.00, resulting in a volume-weighted average price of GB Pence 1,379.88.

The purchases were distributed across various trading venues: 376,277 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of GB Pence 1,379.97, 53,753 shares on CBOE BXE at GB Pence 1,379.46, and 107,365 shares on CBOE CXE at GB Pence 1,379.77. As of the close of business on the preceding trading day, SC had allocated an aggregate of US$172,804,627.66 towards share purchases under the buy-back program.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2,306,178,170. Consequently, the total voting rights in SC will also be 2,306,178,170.