Standard Chartered completes latest share buy-back worth $552m

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) completed a significant share buy-back on October 21, 2025, purchasing 536,002 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International. The aggregated information indicates a volume-weighted average price of 1,392.23 pence per share, with prices ranging from a low of 1,386.00 pence to a high of 1,407.00 pence.

The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues. On the London Stock Exchange, SC bought 375,202 shares at a volume-weighted average price of 1,392.09 pence. Additionally, 53,600 shares were acquired via CBOE BXE at 1,392.65 pence, and 107,200 shares through CBOE CXE at 1,392.54 pence. As of the close of business on the preceding trading day, SC had allocated an aggregate of $552,515,157.72 to share purchases under the programme.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2,286,364,548. This cancellation will also result in the total number of voting rights in SC being 2,286,364,548. The share buy-back programme was initially detailed in SC’s announcement of July 31, 2025.