Standard Chartered continues share buyback program, repurchases 36,176 shares

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced a transaction in its own shares on October 30, 2025, repurchasing a total of 36,176 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each. These repurchases were executed across various trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange (18,743 shares at a volume-weighted average price of £1,534.56), CBOE BXE (6,917 shares at £1,535.19), and CBOE CXE (10,516 shares at £1,535.14). The aggregate price paid for these shares was £555,219.13.

The company intends to cancel these purchased shares. Following the cancellation, SC will have 2,284,001,913 ordinary shares in issue, reflecting the total number of voting rights. As of October 30, 2025, SC had applied an aggregate of US$606,647,325.36 to share purchases under its buyback program, detailed in an announcement on July 31, 2025.

Since the special resolution on May 8, 2025, authorizing the buyback, a total of 75,980,453 securities have been purchased across the London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE. This represents 3.2144% of the shares in issue at the time the resolution was passed. The buyback mandate authorizes the issuer to repurchase up to 236,377,715 shares.