Standard Chartered buys back over $462m in shares

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced on October 9, 2025, that it purchased 515,330 of its ordinary shares of $0.50 each on October 8, 2025. These shares were acquired from Goldman Sachs International as part of a share buy-back program initiated on July 31, 2025. The lowest price paid per share was 1,454.00 GB pence, and the highest price was 1,487.00 GB pence, with a volume-weighted average price of 1,473.31 GB pence across all venues.

The purchases were conducted across various trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE. The London Stock Exchange accounted for the largest volume, with 360,731 shares bought at a volume-weighted average price of 1,473.54 GB pence. As of the close of business on the trading day preceding the announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of $462,846,518.85 to share purchases under the buy-back program.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the company will have 2,291,048,376 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights.