Standard Chartered continues share buyback program, purchases 484,131 shares

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced on November 3, 2025, that it purchased 484,131 of its ordinary shares on October 31, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buyback program detailed on July 31, 2025. The aggregate price paid for these shares was £7,514,729.8, with a volume-weighted average price of 1,552.32 pence. Purchases were made across London Stock Exchange, CBOE BXE, and CBOE CXE, with prices ranging from 1,538.00 pence to 1,564.50 pence.

As of the close of business on October 30, 2025, SC had applied an aggregate of $607,377,613.89 to share purchases pursuant to the Buy-back. SC intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will result in 2,283,517,782 ordinary shares in issue, representing the total number of voting rights.

The company's latest Next Day Disclosure Return shows changes in issued shares with repurchases and cancellations on October 31, 2025, reducing issued shares to 2,284,038,089. Additionally, 484,131 shares repurchased on October 31, 2025, are pending cancellation, representing 0.0212% of existing issued shares. The resolution granting the repurchase mandate was approved on May 8, 2025, authorizing the repurchase of up to 236,377,715 shares.