Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2010

Apr 25, 2010

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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)

Standard Chartered PLC

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

22 April 2010

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

PUBLICATION OF FINAL TERMS

The Final Terms dated 21 April 2010 relating to the issue by Standard Chartered PLC on 21 April 2010 of US$2,000,000,000 3.850 per cent. notes due 2015 (the "Notes") have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for viewing.

The Notes have been issued under the US$27,500,000,000 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 27 April 2010.

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

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6296K -2010-4-22.pdf

For further information, please contact

Stephen Atkinson

Head of Investor Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7245

Jon Tracey

Head of Media Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7613

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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 5 November 2009 (the "Prospectus"), as supplemented by the supplemental prospectus dated 16 April 2010) 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.

This notice is not an offer of securities in or into the United States. 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 other jurisdiction in the United States. The Notes are being offered in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") solely to qualified institutional buyers ("QIBs") as defined in Rule 144A and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. Neither the Final Terms nor the Prospectus (as so supplemented) 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.

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

Chairman:
Mr John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:
Mr Peter Alexander Sands, Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini, Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra, Mr Gareth Richard Bullock, Mr Richard Henry Meddings and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Mr Richard Delbridge, Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas, Ms Valerie Frances Gooding CBE, Dr Han Seung-soo KBE, 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