Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2011

Apr 18, 2011

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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 Bank

15 April 2011

FULL EARLY REDEMPTION

Please be advised the following issue will be redeemed due to an early redemption on 9 June 2011

• Standard Chartered Bank - Series 10 - U.S.$ 500,000,000 floating rate step up subordinated notes due 2016 (ISIN: XS0237660435)

The outstanding balance will therefore be zero

Please amend your records accordingly.

For further information, please contact

Piotr Zajac

Head of Investor Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 6454

Jon Tracey

Head of Media Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7163

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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 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 Simon Jonathan Lowth; 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.

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