Standard Chartered continues share buyback program, cancels purchased shares

Standard Chartered PLC ("SC") announced on October 16, 2025, the purchase of 521,005 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on October 15, 2025, through Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buyback program detailed in the July 31, 2025 announcement. The volume-weighted average price paid for these shares was GBP 1,449.96.

The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues, with 364,704 shares bought on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of GBP 1,449.72. Additional purchases included 52,100 shares on CBOE BXE and 104,201 shares on CBOE CXE, at average prices of GBP 1,450.99 and GBP 1,450.29 respectively. As of the close of business London time on the day preceding the announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$512,686,696.80 to share purchases under the Buy-back program.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will result in 2,288,479,714 ordinary shares remaining in issue, with the total number of voting rights also being 2,288,479,714. This brings the total number of securities purchased on the London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE since the special resolution to 71,502,652, representing 3.0249% of the shares in issue at the time of the special resolution passed on May 8, 2025.