Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2625E
Standard Chartered PLC
09 March 2022
 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

9 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:

9 March 2022

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

2,840,603

Lowest price paid per share:

476.6000 pence

Highest price paid per share:

493.1000 pence

Weighted average price paid per share:

487.7370 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

488.4426

1,954,605

476.6000

493.1000

CHIX

486.2540

610,526

476.6000

492.4000

BATE

486.0180

275,472

476.8000

492.4000

 

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 3,045,300,396 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 761,325,099.

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/2625E_1-2022-3-9.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

 

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