Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2006

Oct 3, 2006

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(the "Company")

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 2888)

CHANGE OF SECRETARY

Pursuant to Rule 13.51(5) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Company announces that it has appointed Mrs Julie Bamford to replace Mr Charles Bennett Brown as Group Company Secretary with effect from 1 October 2006. Mrs Bamford qualified as a Chartered Secretary in 1997 and became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) in 2003. Mrs Bamford has been appointed as Deputy Group Secretary of the Company since 2003, and prior to that she held various senior company secretarial positions in international listed companies.

By Order of the Board

Charles Bennett Brown

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 30 September 2006

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As of the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises:

Executive Directors – Mr Bryan Kaye Sanderson, CBE; Mr Evan Mervyn Davies, CBE; Mr Michael Bernard DeNoma; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; Mr Kaikhushru Shiavax Nargolwala; Mr Peter Alexander Sands; and

Independent Non-Executive Directors – Mr Hugh Edward Norton; Sir CK Chow; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Paul David Skinner; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; and Lord Adair Turner.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in South China Morning Post.

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