Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2007

Jul 30, 2007

Standard Chartered PLC

(渣打集團有限公司）

（Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

（Stock Code：2888）

(the “Company”)

Appointment of Mr John Peace and Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal as independent non-executive directors of Standard Chartered PLC

Provision of additional information to the Announcement dated 1 May 2007 in relation to the appointment of John Peace and Sunil Mittal as independent non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 1 August 2007.

The purpose of this announcement is to provide additional information to the announcement dated 1 May 2007 in relation to the appointment of John Peace and Sunil Mittal as independent non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 1 August 2007 (the ‘’Announcement’’).

John Peace’s full name is John Wilfred Peace. John Peace, as independent director, senior independent director and deputy chairman will be entitled to receive a director’s fee of £150,000 per annum. The level of fees is determined with reference to the roles and responsibilities of independent non-executive directors and senior independent directors.

Sunil Bharti Mittal is currently a director of Hero Honda Motors Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange, Mumbai and on the National Stock Exchange of India. Sunil Mittal as independent director will be entitled to receive a director’s fee of £65,000 per annum. The level of fees is determined with reference to the roles and responsibilities of independent non-executive directors.

By Order of the Board

Clive Burns

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 30 July 2007

Notes:

As at the date of this announcement, John Peace owns 5,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares and Sunil Mittal owns 2,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares under the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

Save as the information disclosed above and in the Announcement, there is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

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

Chairman:

Mr Evan Mervyn Davies, CBE

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Michael Bernard DeNoma; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; Mr Kaikhushru Shiavax Nargolwala; and

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Sir CK Chow; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Paul David Skinner; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken; and Lord Adair Turner.