Standard Chartered buys back shares as part of ongoing program

Standard Chartered PLC announced on September 29, 2025, it purchased 525,512 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International on September 26, 2025. This transaction is part of a share buy-back program initiated on July 31, 2025. The shares were acquired at prices ranging from 1,412.00 pence to 1,450.00 pence, with a volume weighted average price of 1,439.85 pence.

The purchases were made across multiple trading venues. On the London Stock Exchange, 367,859 shares were bought at a volume weighted average price of 1,440.13 pence. CBOE BXE saw 52,551 shares purchased at 1,438.37 pence, and CBOE CXE accounted for 105,102 shares at 1,439.61 pence.

Standard Chartered intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 2,295,151,269, which will also represent the total number of voting rights. As of the close of business London time on September 28, 2025, the company had applied an aggregate of $382,562,721.88 to share purchases under the program.