Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2013

Oct 11, 2013

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NOTICE OF LISTING ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED

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 BANK

(Incorporated with limited liability in England by Royal Charter with reference number ZC 18)

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED

渣打銀行(香港)有限公司

(Incorporated with limited liability in Hong Kong with number 875305)

U.S.$57,500,000,000

Debt Issuance Programme (the "Programme")

Joint Arrangers

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Standard Chartered Bank

Dealers

BofA Merrill Lynch

Goldman Sachs International

Standard Chartered Bank

UBS Investment Bank

Deutsche Bank

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of the Programme and for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Notes to be issued under the Programme to professional investors only as described in the Prospectus dated 10 October 2013 and such listing and permission to deal in the Programme is expected to become effective on or about 11 October 2013.

10 October 2013

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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 Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; 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; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Mrs Margaret Ewing; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell

As of the date of this announcement, the Court of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank comprises:

Chairman:
Peter Alexander Sands

Directors:
Jaspal Singh Bindra; Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Tracy Jayne Clarke; Richard Frank Goulding; Richard Henry Meddings; Alun Michael Guest Rees; Viswanathan Shankar and Jan Paul Marie Francis Verplancke

As of the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited comprises:

Chairperson:
Tsang King Suen Katherine

Executive Directors:
Hung Pi Cheng Benjamin and Ling Fou Tsong

Non-Executive Directors:
Jaspal Singh Bindra; Fong Julian Loong Choon; Tan Siew Boi; Norman Lyle; Chan Wing Kin; Fong Ching and Stephen Robert Eno

*Independent Non-Executive Directors