Standard Chartered buys more shares in ongoing buy-back program

Standard Chartered PLC announced on December 15, 2025, the purchase of 549,854 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back program initially detailed on July 31, 2025. The aggregate amount applied to share purchases under the buy-back program as of the preceding trading day was US$932,446,650.57.

The shares were acquired across multiple venues. On the London Stock Exchange, 384,898 shares were purchased at a volume-weighted average price of 1,744.83 GB pence, with prices ranging from 1,726.50 to 1,759.50 GB pence. CBOE BXE saw the purchase of 54,985 shares at 1,747.72 GB pence (volume-weighted average), while CBOE CXE acquired 109,971 shares at 1,745.92 GB pence (volume-weighted average). For both CBOE venues, the lowest price paid was 1,727.00 GB pence, and the highest was 1,759.50 GB pence.

Standard Chartered intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the company will have 2,268,332,142 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights.