Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9294D

Standard Chartered PLC

07 March 2022

 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

7 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:	7 March 2022
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	2,742,811
Lowest price paid per share:	431.4000 pence
Highest price paid per share:	456.9000 pence
Weighted average price paid per share:	447.8390 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	447.7778	2,065,705	431.4000	456.8000
CHIX	448.3984	432,695	431.8000	456.9000
BATE	447.3660	244,411	431.5000	456.7000

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 3,051,086,589 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 762,771,647.

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/9294D_1-2022-3-7.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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