Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7708H

Standard Chartered PLC

05 August 2021

 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

5 August 2021

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 ("JPM Securities"), pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously outlined on 3 August 2021 and detailed in the announcement of 3 August 2021 (the "Programme").

Ordinary shares:

Date of purchase:	5 August 2021
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,223,000
Lowest price paid per share:	443.2000 pence
Highest price paid per share:	453.8000 pence
Weighted average price paid per share:	449.1936 pence

Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased today according to each trading venue:

Venue	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	449.1936	449.1936	443.2000	453.8000

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 3,116,596,863 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 779,149,215.

Any share purchases pursuant to the Programme 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 3 August 2021.

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/7708H_1-2021-8-5.pdf

This announcement will also be available on SC's website at: https://www.sc.com/en/investors/stock-exchange-announcements/

Enquiries to:

Gregg J Powell, Group Head, Investor Relations:  [phone]

Julie Gibson, Head of Media Relations:                            [phone]

 

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