Standard Chartered buys own shares for cancellation under buy-back program

Standard Chartered PLC repurchased 488,221 of its ordinary shares on November 3, 2025, as part of a buy-back program. These purchases were executed across multiple venues, with 341,755 shares bought on the London Stock Exchange, 48,822 on CBOE BXE, and 97,644 on CBOE CXE. The aggregate price paid for these shares amounted to £7,730,657.31, with a volume-weighted average price per share of GBp 1,583.53.

The company's directors intend to cancel the purchased shares, pursuant to an authority granted by a special resolution approved by shareholders on May 8, 2025. This resolution permits share purchases until the end of the 2026 annual general meeting or August 7, 2026. Since the resolution date, a total of 76,952,805 securities have been purchased, representing 3.2555% of shares in issue at the time.

Following the intended cancellation of the recently purchased shares, Standard Chartered PLC will have 2,283,029,561 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights. The issuer is authorized to repurchase up to 236,377,715 shares under the current mandate.