Standard Chartered completes share buy-back, announces cancellation plans

Standard Chartered PLC announced on November 21, 2025, that it purchased 490,285 of its ordinary shares on November 20, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. This was part of a buy-back program announced on July 31, 2025. The volume weighted average price paid per share for these purchases was 1,579.58 pence, with prices ranging from 1,570.00 pence to 1,590.50 pence.

Aggregated data for November 19, 2025, indicates that shares were bought across multiple trading venues. On the London Stock Exchange, 343,200 shares were purchased at a volume weighted average price of 1,579.58 pence. Additional purchases included 49,028 shares via CBOE BXE and 98,057 shares via CBOE CXE, with respective volume weighted average prices of 1,579.52 pence and 1,579.61 pence.

As of the close of business London time on November 20, 2025, Standard Chartered PLC had applied an aggregate of $747,171,752.08 towards share purchases under the buy-back program. The company intends to cancel all purchased shares, which will result in 2,276,857,795 ordinary shares remaining in issue and a corresponding total number of voting rights.