Standard Chartered buys shares worth over $945m

Standard Chartered PLC ("SC") announced on December 16, 2025, that it purchased 550,430 of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on December 15, 2025. These shares were bought from Goldman Sachs International as part of a share buy-back programme initiated on July 31, 2025. The aggregate amount applied to share purchases as of the close of business on the preceding trading day was $945,280,462.87.

The shares were acquired across multiple trading venues, with the London Stock Exchange seeing the largest volume at 385,301 shares at a volume-weighted average price of 1,762.36 GB pence. CBOE BXE and CBOE CXE also facilitated purchases of 55,043 and 110,086 shares, respectively. The lowest price paid per share was 1,743.50 GB pence, and the highest was 1,771.50 GB pence, resulting in an overall volume-weighted average price of 1,762.17 GB pence.

SC intends to cancel all purchased shares. Following the cancellation, the company will have 2,267,781,712 ordinary shares in issue, which will also represent the total number of voting rights. This transaction aligns with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014, as incorporated into UK domestic law.