Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2018

Dec 7, 2018

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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 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)

¥111,000,000,000 Fixed Rate Bonds due 2023 (the "Bonds")

(Stock Code: 5475)

Joint Lead Managers

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. (Japan), Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (Japan), Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (Japan), Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Japan) and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. (Japan)

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Notes by way of debt issues to professional investors (as defined in Chapter 37 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong)) only, as described in the listing information memorandum dated 4 December 2018. The listing of, and permission to deal in, the Notes is expected to become effective on or about 7 December 2018.

Hong Kong, 6 December 2018

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As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:

Chairman:
José Viñals

Executive Directors:
William Thomas Winters and Andrew Nigel Halford

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; David Philbrick Conner; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Christine Mary Hodgson; Gay Huey Evans, OBE; Naguib Kheraj (Senior Independent Director); Jasmine Mary Whitbread and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.