Standard Chartered continues share buy-back program

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) purchased 457,537 ordinary shares of $0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International on November 27, 2025. This transaction is part of the share buy-back program previously detailed in an announcement on July 31, 2025. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was GB Pence 1,655.37, with prices ranging from a low of GB Pence 1,633.00 to a high of GB Pence 1,666.00.

The shares were purchased across various trading venues, with the London Stock Exchange accounting for 320,073 shares at a volume-weighted average price of GB Pence 1,655.61. Other venues included CBOE BXE, where 45,525 shares were bought at GB Pence 1,654.57, and CBOE CXE, with 91,939 shares at GB Pence 1,654.93. As of the close of business on the trading day preceding this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of $797,728,318.09 to share purchases under the program.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the company will have 2,274,476,134 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights.