Standard Chartered continues share buy-back program with new purchases

Standard Chartered PLC (SC) purchased 458,902 of its ordinary shares on December 19, 2025, from Goldman Sachs International. This transaction is part of the share buy-back program announced on July 31, 2025. The volume-weighted average price paid for these shares was GBp1,789.47, with prices ranging from GBp1,779.50 to GBp1,807.50.

The shares were acquired across three trading venues. The London Stock Exchange accounted for 319,469 shares at a volume-weighted average price of GBp1,789.28. CBOE BXE saw the purchase of 47,031 shares at GBp1,790.30, while CBOE CXE contributed 92,402 shares at GBp1,789.71.

As of the close of business on the trading day preceding this announcement, SC had allocated an aggregate of US$996,394,019.55 towards share purchases under the buy-back program. SC intends to cancel these purchased shares, which will result in a total of 2,265,711,794 ordinary shares remaining in issue.