Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Jun 5, 2015

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This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities or an invitation to enter into an agreement to do any such thing, nor is it calculated to invite any offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities. This announcement is not an offer for securities for sale in Hong Kong or the United States or elsewhere. The Bonds are not available for general subscription in Hong Kong.

This announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Bonds have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. No public offering of the Securities will be made in the United States.

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)

¥36,900,000,000 Fixed Rate Bonds due 2018 (Stock Code: 5526)

¥93,100,000,000 Fixed Rate Bonds due 2020 (Stock Code: 5527)

¥20,000,000,000 Fixed Rate Bonds due 2025 (Stock Code: 5528)

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the above securities (the "Bonds"). The Bonds will be offered by way of debt issues to professional investors only as described in the listing information memorandum dated 1 June 2015. The listing of, and permission to deal in, the Bonds is expected to become effective on or about 8 June 2015.

5 June 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 Peter Alexander Sands; 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; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Dr Lars Henrik Thunell and Ms Jasmine Whitbread