Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2015

Mar 30, 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 26 February 2015 regarding the appointments of Gay Huey Evans and Jasmine Whitbread as independent Non-Executive Directors of Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") with effect from 1 April 2015, the following information is given in accordance with Rule 13.51(2) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules: (i) Ms Huey Evans is currently a Non-Executive Director of Aviva plc, ConocoPhillips and was previously a Non-Executive Director of London Stock Exchange Group plc; and (ii) Ms Whitbread is currently a Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc. Neither Ms Huey Evans nor Ms Whitbread has relationship with any directors, member of senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of Standard Chartered PLC. Ms Huey Evans does not have any interests in shares of the Company. Ms Whitbread holds 550 shares in the Company.

There is no other information to be disclosed under the requirements of Rule 13.51(2) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. The above appointments have received the necessary regulatory approvals.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 30 March 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; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell