Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9136Q

Standard Chartered PLC

23 February 2023

 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

23 February 2023

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 Goldman Sachs International, pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously detailed in the announcement of 17 February 2023 (the "Programme").

Ordinary shares:

Date of purchase:	23 February 2023
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,757,042
Lowest price paid per share:	741.60 pence
Highest price paid per share:	764.80 pence
Weighted average price paid per share:	754.65 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	755.17	1,043,878	741.60	764.80
CBOE BXE	755.82	192,481	741.80	764.60
CBOE CXE	753.20	520,683	741.60	764.60

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,892,793,217 ordinary shares in issue . Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 723,198,304 .

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 17 February 2023.

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/9136Q_1-2023-2-23.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]

Shaun Gamble, Director, Group Media Relations :  [phone]

 

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