Standard Chartered buys back shares from Goldman Sachs

Standard Chartered PLC announced on October 2, 2025, that it purchased 518,356 of its ordinary shares of $0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International on October 1, 2025. This transaction is part of the share buy-back programme detailed in the July 31, 2025 announcement. The lowest price paid per share was 1,433.00 GB pence, while the highest was 1,472.00 GB pence, with a volume-weighted average price of 1,455.90 GB pence.

The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues. On the London Stock Exchange, 362,850 shares were bought at a volume-weighted average price of 1,456.26 GB pence. Additionally, 51,835 shares were purchased on CBOE BXE at 1,454.36 GB pence, and 103,671 shares on CBOE CXE at 1,455.41 GB pence.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, Standard Chartered will have 2,293,603,967 ordinary shares in issue, maintaining the same number of voting rights. As of the close of business on the day preceding this announcement, Standard Chartered had applied an aggregate of $412,667,447.82 to share purchases under the buy-back scheme.