27th Feb 2025 18:02
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
27 February 2025
Transaction in own shares
Standard Chartered PLC ("SC") announces that today it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from J.P. Morgan Securities plc pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously detailed in the announcement of 24 February 2025 (the "Buy-back").
Aggregated information on the ordinary shares purchased today pursuant to the Buy-back:
Date of purchase: | 27 February 2025 |
Aggregate number of shares purchased: | 586,194 |
Lowest price paid per share (GB pence): | 1,239.0000 |
Highest price paid per share (GB pence): | 1,250.0000 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GB pence): | 1,247.6752 |
Aggregated information on the ordinary shares purchased today pursuant to the Buy-back according to each trading venue:
Venue | Volume weighted average price paid per share (GB pence) | Aggregate number of shares purchased | Lowest price paid per share(GB pence) | Highest price paid per share(GB pence) |
London Stock Exchange | 1,247.5005 | 369,875 | 1,239.5000 | 1,249.0000 |
CBOE BXE | 1,246.5677 | 69,560 | 1,239.5000 | 1,248.0000 |
CBOE CXE | 1,248.6405 | 146,759 | 1,239.0000 | 1,250.0000 |
As at close of business London time on the trading day preceding the date of this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$25,842,111.05 to share purchases pursuant to the Buy-back.
SC intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,411,948,354 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 2,411,948,354.
Any such share purchases will be effected in accordance with certain pre-set parameters and limits, and in accordance with applicable law and regulation as described in more detail in SC's announcement of 24 February 2025.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7888Y_1-2025-2-27.pdf
This announcement will also be available on SC's website at: https://www.sc.com/en/investors/stock-exchange-announcements/
Enquiries to:
Manus Costello, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0) 20 7885 0017
Shaun Gamble, Director, Group Media Relations: +44 (0) 20 7885 5934