Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Apr 16, 2015

Final Terms

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

and

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED

U.S.$70,000,000,000

Debt Issuance Programme

U.S.$750,000,000 1.700 per cent. Notes due 2018

Issued by

Standard Chartered PLC

Joint Lead Managers

BNP PARIBAS

BofA Merrill Lynch

Deutsche Bank Securities

Standard Chartered Bank

The date of the Final Terms is 13 April 2015.

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PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 10 October 2014 which, together with the supplementary prospectuses dated 30 October 2014, 15 December 2014 and 20 March 2015, constitutes (with the exception of certain sections) a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC, including amendments thereto) (the “Prospectus Directive”). This document constitutes the final terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing at the registered office of the Issuer at 1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD.

1. Issuer: Standard Chartered PLC
2. (i) Series Number: 132
   (ii) Tranche Number: 1
   (iii) Date on which the Notes will be consolidated and form a single Series: Not Applicable
3. Currency or Currencies: United States Dollars (“U.S.$”)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
   (i) Series: U.S.$750,000,000
   (ii) Tranche: U.S.$750,000,000
5. Issue Price: 99.889 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Denominations: U.S.$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof
7. Calculation Amount: U.S.$1,000
8. (i) Issue Date: 17 April 2015
   (ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
9. Maturity Date: 17 April 2018
10. Interest Basis: 1.700 per cent. per annum Fixed Rate
11. Redemption/Payment Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the Maturity Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal amount
12. Change of Interest: Not Applicable
13. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
14. (i) Status of the Notes: Senior
    (ii) Date Board approval for issuance of Not Applicable

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Notes obtained:

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15	Fixed Rate Note Provisions		Applicable
	(i)	Rate of Interest:	1.700 per cent. per annum payable semi-annually in arrear on each Interest Payment Date
	(ii)	Interest Payment Date(s):	17 April and 17 October in each year, commencing on 17 October 2015, up to and including 17 April 2018
	(iii)	Fixed Coupon Amount:	U.S.$8.50 per Calculation Amount
	(iv)	Broken Amount(s):	Not Applicable
	(v)	Day Count Fraction (Condition 4(j)):	30/360
	(vi)	Determination Dates:	Not Applicable
	(vii)	Relevant Currency:	Not Applicable
16	Floating Rate Note Provisions		Not Applicable
17	Reset Note Provisions		Not Applicable
18	Zero Coupon Note Provisions		Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

19	Call Option	Not Applicable
20	Regulatory Capital Call	Not Applicable
21	Put Option	Not Applicable
22	Final Redemption Amount of each Note	U.S.$1,000 per Calculation Amount
23	Early Redemption Amount
	(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons or on event of default or other early redemption:	U.S.$1,000 per Calculation Amount
	(ii) Redemption for taxation reasons permitted on days other than Interest Payment Dates (Condition 5(c)):	Yes
	(iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Bearer Notes only) (Condition 6(f)):	Not Applicable

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

24 Form of Notes: Registered Notes

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25 New Global Note:
26 Business Day Jurisdiction(s) (Condition 6(h)) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates:
27 Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature):

Global Certificates exchangeable for Definitive Certificates in the limited circumstances specified in the Global Certificates
No
London and New York
No

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Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By:

Duly authorised

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PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1 Listing

(i) Listing: Official List of the UK Listing Authority and trading on the London Stock Exchange
(ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s regulated market with effect on or around 17 April 2015.
(iii) Estimated total expenses of admission to trading £3,650

2 RATINGS

Ratings The Notes to be issued are expected to be assigned the following ratings:
S&P: A-
Moody's: A2
Fitch: AA-

3 INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save for any fees payable to the Joint Lead Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

The Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

4 Fixed Rate Notes only –YIELD

Indication of yield: See “General Information” on page 152 of the Base Prospectus.

Calculated as 1.738 per cent. per annum on the Issue Date.

As set out above, the yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

5 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) Unrestricted Notes:

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(a) ISIN: XS1219971691
(b) Common Code: 121997169

(ii) Restricted Notes:
(a) ISIN: US853254AU41
(b) CUSIP Number: 853254 AU4

(iii) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and DTC and the relevant identification number(s):
Not Applicable

(iv) Delivery: Delivery free of payment in respect of the Restricted Notes and delivery against payment in respect of the Unrestricted Notes

(v) Names and addresses of initial Paying Agent(s): The Bank of New York Mellon, One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom

(vi) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not Applicable

6 DISTRIBUTION

(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated

(ii) If syndicated:
(A) Names of Managers: Joint Lead Managers
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Standard Chartered Bank
(B) Stabilising Manager(s) (if any): Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

(iii) If non-syndicated, name of Dealer: Not Applicable

(iv) US Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA not applicable
Rule 144A: Qualified Institutional Buyers only

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