Standard Chartered completes latest share buy-back

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) completed a significant share purchase on September 8, 2025, acquiring 540,568 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back programme announced on July 31, 2025. The shares were purchased at prices ranging from GB Pence 1,366.50 to GB Pence 1,391.50, with a volume-weighted average price of GB Pence 1,382.79.

The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues, with 378,522 shares acquired on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of GB Pence 1,383.02. Additionally, 54,074 shares were bought on CBOE BXE at GB Pence 1,381.74, and 107,972 shares on CBOE CXE at GB Pence 1,382.51. As of the close of business on the trading day prior to this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$242,717,529.14 towards share purchases under the Buy-back.

Standard Chartered intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2,302,393,799. Consequently, the total number of voting rights in SC will also be 2,302,393,799. This share buy-back activity adheres to parameters and regulations detailed in SC's earlier announcement.