Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Oct 9, 2015

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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.$77,500,000,000 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 9 October 2015, as described in the Prospectus dated 9 October 2015 and such listing is expected to become effective on or about 12 October 2015.

9 October 2015

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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 William Thomas Winters; Mr Andrew Nigel Halford and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees

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; Ms Gay Huey Evans; Mr Naguib Kheraj (Senior Independent Director); Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Dr Lars Henrik Thunell and Ms Jasmine Whitbread

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

Chairman:
Mr William Thomas Winters

Directors:
Tracy Jayne Clarke; Andrew Nigel Halford and Alun Michael Guest Rees

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

Chairperson:
Hung Pi Cheng Benjamin

Executive Directors:
Tan Siew Boi and Ling Fou Tsong

Non-Executive Directors:
Sunil Kaushal; Anna Elizabeth Marrs; Edward Martin Williams; Fong Ching; Stephen Robert Eno; Cheng Edward Wai Sun and Tung Andrew Lieh Cheung

*Independent Non-Executive Directors