Standard Chartered completes share buy-back, to cancel 572,723 shares

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced on December 2, 2025, that it purchased 572,723 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on December 1, 2025. These shares were acquired from Goldman Sachs International as part of a share buy-back programme previously detailed on July 31, 2025. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was 1,677.03 pence, with prices ranging from 1,667.50 pence to 1,688.00 pence.

The purchases were executed across multiple trading venues. On the London Stock Exchange, 400,868 shares were bought at a volume-weighted average price of 1,677.07 pence. CBOE BXE accounted for 57,285 shares at 1,676.75 pence, while CBOE CXE saw 114,570 shares purchased at 1,677.01 pence. As of the close of business on the trading day preceding the announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of $817,784,298.73 to share purchases under the programme.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will result in 2,273,450,146 ordinary shares remaining in issue. Consequently, the total number of voting rights in SC will also be 2,273,450,146. A full breakdown of individual trades is available as per Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.