Standard Chartered continues share buyback program, reduces shares in issue

Standard Chartered PLC disclosed its continued share buyback program, repurchasing 505,871 of its ordinary shares on October 2, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. The shares were acquired across various venues, including the London Stock Exchange (354,110 shares at a volume-weighted average price of £1,456.29), CBOE BXE (50,587 shares at £1,458.28), and CBOE CXE (101,174 shares at £1,457.16). The lowest price paid was £1,440.00, and the highest was £1,479.00.

The total aggregate price paid for these repurchases on October 2, 2025, was £7,368,532.16. Standard Chartered intends to cancel these purchased shares, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2,293,098,096. As of the close of business on October 1, 2025, it had applied an aggregate of $422,835,570.95 to share purchases under the buyback program.

These repurchases align with the authority granted by a special resolution approved by shareholders on May 8, 2025. The total number of shares repurchased on the London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE since the special resolution is 66,884,270, representing 2.8296% of the shares in issue at the time of the resolution.