Standard Chartered Advances Buy-back With Further Share Repurchases and Planned Cancellation

An announcement from Standard Chartered ( (GB:STAN) ) is now available.

Standard Chartered has continued executing its previously announced share buy-back programme, repurchasing 942,750 ordinary shares on 26 March 2026 through J.P. Morgan Securities at a volume-weighted average price of about 1,573.5 pence. The purchases were conducted across the London Stock Exchange and Cboe venues, bringing total buy-back spending to just over US$391 million and signalling management’s ongoing capital return to shareholders.

The bank plans to cancel the newly repurchased shares, which will reduce its ordinary shares in issue to 2,235,100,574 and set the same figure as its total voting rights. This cancellation marginally enhances earnings per share and may support the stock’s valuation, underlining Standard Chartered’s confidence in its balance sheet strength and capital position while aligning with its stated capital management strategy.

More about Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered PLC is a London-headquartered international banking group operating primarily in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It offers a broad range of retail and wholesale banking services, including corporate and investment banking, and focuses on facilitating trade, capital and wealth flows across its core emerging markets franchise.

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