Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2009

Mar 25, 2009

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock code: 02888)

25 March 2009

Standard Chartered PLC

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14(2), Standard Chartered PLC hereby notifies that John Peace, Acting Chairman, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of The First American Corporation with effect from 24 March 2009.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:

Acting Chairman:

Mr John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Gareth Richard Bullock and Mr Richard Henry Meddings;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.