Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2008

Oct 6, 2008

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

6 October 2008

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES

Publication of Final Terms

The following Final Terms have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for viewing:-

1. Final Terms dated 6 October 2008 relating to the issue by Standard Chartered PLC on 18 April 2008 of US$25 million floating rate notes due 18 April 2011; and
2. Final Terms dated 6 October 2008 relating to the issue by Standard Chartered PLC on 5 February 2008 of AED 1 billion floating rate notes due 4 March 2009.

The above notes (the “Notes”) have been issued under a US$15 billion Debt Issuance Programme established by Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered First Bank Korea Limited.

Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange with effect from 7 October 2008.

To view the full documents, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1608F_1-2008-10-6.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1608F_-2008-10-6.pdf

For further information, please contact

Stephen Atkinson
Head of Investor Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7245

Arijit De
Head of Media Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7163

DISCLAIMER – INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the Final Terms may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the base prospectus dated 7 November 2007 (the “Prospectus”)) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Final Terms and/or the Prospectus you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States, as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. Neither the Final Terms nor the Prospectus may be accessed from, or transmitted in or into, the United States.

Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement.

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

Chairman:

Mr Evan Mervyn Davies, CBE

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Gareth Richard Bullock and Mr Richard Henry Meddings;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr John Wilfred Peace; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.