Standard Chartered buys back shares for $202 million

Standard Chartered PLC announced on September 3, 2025, that it purchased 536,190 of its US$0.50 ordinary shares from Goldman Sachs International on September 2, 2025. This transaction is part of a previously announced buy-back programme from July 31, 2025. The shares were acquired at an aggregate cost of $202,745,195.45 as of the close of business on September 2, 2025.

The average price paid per share was 1,375.19 GB pence, with the lowest price at 1,366.50 GB pence and the highest at 1,384.50 GB pence. The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange (375,333 shares), CBOE BXE (53,619 shares), and CBOE CXE (107,238 shares).

Standard Chartered intends to cancel all purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 2,304,569,772, which will also represent the total number of voting rights in the company.