Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2012

Jul 20, 2012

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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)

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14, Standard Chartered PLC ('the Company') announces that Mr Oliver Stocken, an independent non-executive director of the Company, stepped down as chairman of Home Retail Group plc on 4 July 2012.

Contact name for Enquiries:

Michelle Amey, Assistant Group Secretary

020 7885 7023

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

19 July 2012

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

Chairman:

Sir John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees and Mr Viswanathan Shankar

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham (Senior Independent Director); Ms Ruth Markland; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken