Standard Chartered continues share buyback program

Standard Chartered PLC announced on October 6, 2025, the repurchase and cancellation of ordinary shares as part of its ongoing buyback program. On October 3, 2025, the bank repurchased a total of 516,667 ordinary shares. These shares were acquired across multiple trading venues: 361,668 shares on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of GB pence 1,468.59, 51,666 shares on CBOE BXE at GB pence 1,467.90, and 103,333 shares on CBOE CXE at GB pence 1,468.20. The aggregate price paid for these repurchases on October 3, 2025, totaled GBP 7,586,805.4.

The repurchased shares from September 29, September 30, and October 1, 2025, totaling 1,547,292 shares, were cancelled on October 3, 2025, reducing the total issued shares to 2,293,603,967. As of October 3, 2025, Standard Chartered had 2,293,603,967 issued shares with no treasury shares. Additionally, 505,871 shares repurchased on October 2, 2025, and 516,667 shares repurchased on October 3, 2025, were awaiting cancellation, bringing the total number of shares repurchased since the special resolution to 67,400,937.

The repurchase program, authorized by a special resolution on May 8, 2025, permits the issuer to repurchase up to 236,377,715 shares. The total number of voting rights in SC following the cancellation of the purchased shares will be 2,292,581,429.