Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2015

Apr 1, 2015

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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

Further to the announcement made on 30 March 2015, Jasmine Whitbread, who has been appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") with effect from 1 April 2015, held 2000 shares as of 31 March 2015 as her qualification shares required under the Articles of Association of the Company.

In addition, further to the announcement made today, there are no matters relating to the resignation of V. Shankar 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, 1 April 2015

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 Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Andrew Nigel Halford; 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; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Ms Gay Huey Evans; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Dr Lars Henrik Thunell and Ms Jasmine Whitbread