Last checked at 30 May 2019 17:35
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
30 May 2019
Transaction in own shares
Standard Chartered PLC ("SC") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on the London Stock Exchange through J.P. Morgan Securities plc.
Ordinary Shares:
Date of purchase:
| 30 May 2019 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased:
| 1,521,259 |
Lowest price per share:
| 684.4000 |
Highest price per share:
| 695.2000 |
Trading venue:
| XLON |
Weighted average price per day per trading venue:
| 690.6280 |
SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the purchase of these shares, SC will have 3,286,238,591 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total voting rights in SC will be 821,559,647. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, SC under the FCA's Disclosure Guidelines and Transparency Rules.
SC holds no shares in Treasury.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6722A_1-2019-5-30.pdf
This announcement will also be available on SC's website at: https://www.sc.com/en/investors/stock-exchange-announcements/
Enquiries to:
Mark Stride, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0) 20 7885 8596
Julie Gibson, Head of Media Relations +44 (0) 20 7885 2434