Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6067D

Standard Chartered PLC

03 March 2022

 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

3 March 2022

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 Merrill Lynch International ("BofA Securities"), pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously detailed in the announcement of 18 February 2022.

Ordinary shares:

Date of purchase:	3 March 2022
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	2,420,727
Lowest price paid per share:	497.8000 pence
Highest price paid per share:	525.0000 pence
Weighted average price paid per share:	505.6709 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	504.4971	1,899,616	498.0000	524.8000
CHIX	509.4892	297,543	497.8000	525.0000
BATE	510.5629	223,568	497.8000	525.0000

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 3,056,747,941 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 764,186,985.

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 18 February 2022.

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/6067D_1-2022-3-3.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, Head of Investor Relations    [phone]

Julie Gibson, Head of Media Relations    [phone]

 

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