Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2008

Feb 22, 2008

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 2888)

(the “Company”)

Directorate Change

Standard Chartered PLC announces the retirement of Sir CK Chow from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2008

Sir CK Chow

The Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC announced today that Sir CK Chow, 57, will retire from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2008. He has been a non-executive director since 1997.

Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC, said: “Sir CK has served for more ten years on the Board of Standard Chartered PLC and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his valuable contribution to the Company and wish him every success in the future. Sir CK will continue to be non-executive Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited”.

Sir CK Chow has confirmed that there is nothing which needs to be brought to the attention of the holders of securities of Standard Chartered PLC in respect of his retirement.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

22 February 2008

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 Gareth Richard Bullock; Mr Michael Bernard DeNoma and Mr Richard Henry Meddings;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

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