Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2012

Feb 28, 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)

28 February 2012

Standard Chartered PLC

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14(2), Standard Chartered PLC ('the Company') announces that Ms Val Gooding CBE, an independent non-executive director of the Company, will be appointed as a non-executive director of XL Group plc with effect from 26 April 2012. XL Group plc is listed on the New York and Bermuda Stock Exchanges.

Contact name for Enquiries:

Michelle Amey, Assistant Group Secretary

020 7885 7023

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