STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
23 February 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: |
23 February 2022 |
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: |
2,169,330 |
Lowest price paid per share: |
573.4000 pence |
Highest price paid per share: |
583.2000 pence |
Weighted average price paid per share: |
577.2044 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 |
Highest price paid per share |
London Stock Exchange |
576.7682 |
1,582,207 |
573.6000 |
583.2000 |
CHIX |
578.2430 |
308,853 |
573.4000 |
583.2000 |
BATE |
578.5319 |
278,270 |
573.4000 |
583.2000 |
SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 3,072,567,401 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 768,141,850.
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/6267C_1-2022-2-23.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 +44 (0) 20 7885 5172
Julie Gibson, Head of Media Relations +44 (0) 20 7885 2434