Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2013

Jan 11, 2013

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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)

10 JANUARY 2013

PUBLICATION OF FINAL TERMS

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

The Final Terms dated 9 January 2013 relating to the issue by Standard Chartered PLC on 11 January 2013 of US$ 2,000,000,000 3.950 per cent. Dated Subordinated Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes") and US$ 500,000,000 5.300 per cent. Dated Subordinated Notes due 2043 (the "2043 Notes", together with the 2023 Notes, the "Notes") have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for viewing.

The Notes have been issued under the US$ 50,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme established by Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) 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 11 January 2013.

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

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3034V -2013-1-10.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3034V 1-2013-1-10.pdf

For further information please contact:

James Hopkinson

Head of Investor Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

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020 7885 7151

Jon Tracey
Head of Media Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7613

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 10 October 2012 (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 offered by the Prospectus and the Final Terms 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. The Prospectus may not be accessed from, or transmitted in or into, the United States.

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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 Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Mrs Margaret Ewing; 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; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell