• Standard Chartered disclosed the cancellation of 731,351 shares on Aug. 18 following buybacks executed on Aug. 13–14.
• Buybacks were priced at GBP 22.41 per share for 365,335 shares, GBP 22.19 for 366,016 shares.
• Issued share count fell to 2,186,618,338 as of Aug. 18.

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