Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2014

Mar 25, 2014

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

渣打集團有限公司

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

Standard Chartered PLC Announces Board Changes

Following the announcement on 29 November 2013 that Jamie Dundas and Rudy Markham will step down from the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") as independent Non-Executive Directors in 2014, the Board confirms that the effective date of their resignations will be 1 May 2014.

Lars Thunell who joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director in November 2012 will succeed Mr Dundas as Chairman of the Board Risk Committee with effect from 1 April 2014. Naguib Kheraj who joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director in January 2014 will succeed Mr Markham as Chairman of the Audit Committee with effect from 1 May 2014.

Sir John Peace, Chairman of the Board, commented: "I would like to thank both Jamie and Rudy for their considerable and valuable contribution to Standard Chartered. Their continuity of service and commitment has provided an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Group which has been of enormous value over the years."

Both Mr Dundas and Mr Markham have confirmed that they have no disagreement with the Board and that they are not aware of any matters relating to their resignation that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 25 March 2014

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 Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken, CBE and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell