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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
12 March 2024
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 J.P. Morgan Securities plc, pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously detailed in the announcement of 26 February 2024 (the "2024 Buy-back").
Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased today pursuant to the 2024 Buy-back:
Date of purchase: | 12 March 2024 |
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: | 3,531,949 |
Lowest price paid per share: | 667.0000 pence |
Highest price paid per share: | 679.0000 pence |
Weighted average price paid per share: | 673.8415 pence |
Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased today pursuant to the 2024 Buy-back 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 | 673.8352 | 1,815,000 | 667.0000 | 678.2000 |
CBOE BXE | 673.8538 | 1,283,000 | 669.6000 | 679.0000 |
CBOE CXE | 673.8318 | 433,949 | 670.2000 | 677.8000 |
As of close of business London time on the trading day preceding the date of this announcement, SC had applied an aggregate of US$221,336,954.84 to share purchases pursuant to the 2024 Buy-back.
SC intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,635,462,260 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 658,865,565.
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 26 February 2024.
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/5930G_1-2024-3-12.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, Group Head, Investor Relations | +44 (0) 20 7885 5172 |
Shaun Gamble, Director, Group Media Relations | +44 (0) 20 7885 5934 |