Standard Chartered continues share buy-back program, cancels purchased shares

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) purchased 514,621 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International on September 15, 2025, as part of its ongoing share buy-back program. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was 1,441.32 GB pence, with prices ranging from 1,425.00 GB pence to 1,450.00 GB pence.

The purchases were conducted across various trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange (360,235 shares at 1,441.48 GB pence), CBOE BXE (51,462 shares at 1,440.78 GB pence), and CBOE CXE (102,924 shares at 1,441.03 GB pence). As of the close of business on the trading day prior to this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$292,855,256.98 to share purchases under the program.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 2,299,789,512, which will also represent the total number of voting rights in SC.