Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Apr 2, 2015

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This announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Securities 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)

U.S.$2,000,000,000 Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities (Stock Code: 5890) (the "Securities")

Structuring Advisers

Barclays Capital Inc. and Standard Chartered Bank

Joint Lead Managers

Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS Securities LLC

Standard Chartered PLC has made an application to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange") for the listing of and permission to deal in the Securities at an initial fixed rate of 6.50% as a debt issue to professional investors only as described in the offering circular relating thereto dated 27 March 2015 and such listing of and permission to deal in the Securities is expected to become effective on 8 April 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 Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Andrew Nigel Halford; Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees and 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; 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

For further information please contact:

James Hopkinson
Head of Investor Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7151

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

020 7885 7613