Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2014

Oct 10, 2014

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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.$70,000,000,000

Debt Issuance Programme (the "Programme")

Joint Arrangers

J.P. Morgan Cazenove

Standard Chartered Bank

Dealers

Barclays

BNP Paribas

BofA Merrill Lynch

Deutsche Bank

Goldman Sachs International

J.P. Morgan Cazenove

Lloyds Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

UBS Investment Bank

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of the Programme for 12 months after 10 October 2014, as described in the Prospectus dated 10 October 2014 and such listing is expected to become effective on or about 13 October 2014.

10 October 2014

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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 Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Andrew Nigel Halford; Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees; Mr Viswanathan Shankar

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Mr Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner CBE; 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; Tracy Jayne Clarke; Andrew Nigel Halford; Richard Frank Goulding; 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:

Chairman:
Hung Pi Cheng Benjamin

Executive Directors:
Tan Siew Boi and Ling Fou Tsong

Non-Executive Directors:
Jaspal Singh Bindra; Fong Julian Loong Choon; Sunil Kaushal; Chan Wing Kin; Fong Ching, Stephen Robert Eno and Cheng Edward Wai Sun

*Independent Non-Executive Directors