Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2215U
Standard Chartered PLC
24 March 2023
 

 

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

 

24 March 2023

 

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 Goldman Sachs International, pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously detailed in the announcement of 17 February 2023 (the "Programme").

 

Ordinary shares:

 

 


Date of purchase:

24 March 2023



Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:

201,603



Lowest price paid per share:

590.20 pence



Highest price paid per share:

611.00 pence



Average price paid per share:

598.28 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

598.28

201,603

590.20

611.00

CBOE BXE

-

-

-

-

CBOE CXE

-

-

-

-



 

 

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

 

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,837,553,945 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC will be 709,388,486.

 

 

Any share purchases pursuant to the Programme 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 17 February 2023.

 

 

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/2215U_1-2023-3-24.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

 

Shaun Gamble, Director, Group Media Relations:            +44 (0) 20 7885 5934



 

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