Standard Chartered continues share buy-back program

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) announced on December 19, 2025, the repurchase of 535,961 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on December 18, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back programme initiated on July 31, 2025. The shares were acquired across various venues, with 375,173 shares purchased on the London Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of 1,764.45 pence.

As of the close of business on the day preceding the announcement, SC had committed an aggregate of US$983,741,427.43 to share purchases under this programme. The company intends to cancel these purchased shares, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2,266,170,696, thereby establishing the same number of voting rights.

Including this latest repurchase, Standard Chartered has bought back 93,811,670 shares since the special resolution passed on May 8, 2025. This represents 3.9687% of the shares in issue at the time of the resolution. The authority to repurchase shares, granted by shareholders, remains valid until the 2026 annual general meeting or August 7, 2026, whichever is earlier.