REG - Standard Chrtrd PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Standard CharteredAnnouncement

19/05/2022 18:30

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RNS Number : 1790M  Standard Chartered PLC  19 May 2022

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

19 May 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 J.P. Morgan Securities plc
("JPM Securities"), pursuant to the share buy-back programme previously
outlined on 18 February 2022 (the "Programme").

Following the purchase of these shares, the Programme that commenced on 21
February 2022 has completed. Since the commencement of the Programme, the
Company has repurchased for cancellation 111,295,408 ordinary shares at a
volume weighted average price of £5.1813 per ordinary share for an aggregate
consideration of approximately US$750 million.

Ordinary shares:

 Date of purchase:                               19 May 2022
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  188,413
 Lowest price paid per share:                    582.6000 pence
 Highest price paid per share:                   594.2000 pence
 Weighted average price paid per share:          587.0980 pence

All ordinary shares purchased today were bought back on the London Stock
Exchange.

SC intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the cancellation of the purchased shares, SC will have 2,967,823,692
ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SC
will be 741,955,923.

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 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/1790M_1-2022-5-19.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1790M_1-2022-5-19.pdf)

This announcement will also be available on SC's website at:
https://www.sc.com/en/investors/stock-exchange-announcements/
(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

 

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