Standard Chartered continues share buyback program with recent purchases

Standard Chartered PLC announced on October 7, 2025, that it purchased 505,316 of its ordinary shares on October 6, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. These purchases are part of the share buyback program detailed in the July 31, 2025 announcement. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was GBp1,455.86. Purchases were made across multiple venues: London Stock Exchange (353,913 shares at GBp1,455.64), CBOE BXE (50,559 shares at GBp1,456.93), and CBOE CXE (100,844 shares at GBp1,456.11). The aggregate price paid for these shares was £7,356,632.46.

The company intends to cancel these purchased shares. Following the cancellation, Standard Chartered will have 2,292,076,113 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights. As of the close of business on the trading day preceding this announcement, Standard Chartered had applied an aggregate of $442,961,951.05 to share purchases under the buyback program.

The company also disclosed that it had repurchased shares on October 2, 2025 (505,871 shares at GBp14.5666) and October 3, 2025 (516,667 shares at GBp14.6844) that are yet to be cancelled. The current repurchases, along with previous ones, contribute to the total 67,906,253 securities purchased on the London Stock Exchange and other exchanges, representing 2.8728% of shares in issue since the special resolution passed on May 8, 2025.