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 31 July 2023.
Ordinary shares:
Date of purchase:
20 October 2023
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:
2,344,764
Lowest price paid per share:
721.80 pence
Highest price paid per share:
733.80 pence
Average price paid per share:
727.34 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
727.37
1,142,449
722.20
733.80
CBOE BXE
727.27
856,815
721.80
733.80
CBOE CXE
727.39
345,500
722.20
733.80
As of close of business London time on the trading day preceding the date of this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$766,875,332.28 to share purchases pursuant to the share buy-back programme announced on 31 July 2023.
SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,691,927,382 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 672,981,845.
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.
Gregg J Powell, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0) 20 7885 5172
Shaun Gamble, Director, Group Media Relations: +44 (0) 20 7885 5934
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