Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2018

Sep 28, 2018

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

This Operational Information Document relates to the Final Terms dated 27 September 2018 in respect of the issue by Standard Chartered PLC of U.S.\$600,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2023 (the "Notes") under the U.S.\$77,500,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme of Standard Chartered PLC and Standard Chartered Bank.

Notification under Section 309B(1) of Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore (the "SFA"): In connection with Section 309B of the SFA, the Notes are prescribed capital markets products (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products.

Final Terms

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

and

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

U.S.\$77,500,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme

U.S.\$600,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2023

Issued by

Standard Chartered PLC

Joint Lead Managers

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC Standard Chartered Bank

Co-Lead Managers

Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited Emirates NBD Bank PJSC First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC ICBC Standard Bank Plc NatWest Markets Securities Inc Nomura Securities International, Inc. QNB Capital LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

The date of the Final Terms is 27 September 2018.

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, "IMD"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, the "Prospectus Directive"). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

MiFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS AND ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES ONLY TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 19 June 2018 which, together with the supplementary prospectuses dated 31 July 2018 and 21 September 2018 constitute (with the exception of certain sections) a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of 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 1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD and copies may be obtained from 1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD.

1	Issuer:		Standard Chartered PLC
2	(i)	Series Number:	166
	(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.\$600,000,000
	(ii)	Tranche:	U.S.\$600,000,000
5		Issue Price:	100 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:	4 October 2018
	(ii)	Interest Commencement Date:	Issue Date
9		Maturity Date:	The Interest Payment Date falling in or nearest to 20 January 2023
10		Interest Basis:	3 month U.S.\$ LIBOR + 1.15 per cent. Floating Rate (see paragraph 16 below)
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:		Issuer Call
			Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Call
14	(i)	Status of the Notes:	Senior
	(ii)	Date Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained:	Not Applicable
	(iii)	Events of Default:	Non-Restrictive Events of Default

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15		Fixed Rate Note Provisions	Not Applicable
16		Floating Rate Note Provisions	Applicable
	(i)	Interest Period(s):	The period beginning on (and including) the Issue Date and ending on (but excluding) the First Interest Payment Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
	(ii)	Interest Payment Dates:	20 January, 20 April, 20 July and 20 October, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Business Day Convention below
	(iii)	First Interest Payment Date:	20 January 2019
		(iv) Business Day Convention:	Modified Following Business Day Convention
	(v)	Relevant Financial Centre(s) (Condition 4(j)):	London
		(vi) Manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest is/are to be determined:	Page
		(vii) Interest Period Date(s):	Not Applicable

		(viii) Party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) (if not the Calculation Agent):	Not Applicable
		(ix) Page (Condition 4(c)):
	•	Relevant Time:	11:00 a.m. London time
	•	Interest Determination Date:	Second London Business Day prior to the start of the relevant Interest Period
	•	Primary Source for Floating Rate:	Reuters LIBOR01
	•	Reference Banks (if Primary Source is "Reference Banks"):	Not Applicable
	•	Relevant Financial Centre:	London
	•	Benchmark:	3 month U.S.\$ LIBOR
	•	Effective Date:	The first day of the relevant Interest Accrual Period
	•	Specified Duration:	3 months
	(x)	Linear Interpolation:	Not Applicable
		(xi) Margin(s):	+1.15 per cent. per annum
		(xii) Minimum Rate of Interest:	Not Applicable
		(xiii) Maximum Rate of Interest:	Not Applicable
		(xiv) Day Count Fraction (Condition 4(j)):	Actual/360
		(xv) Rate Multiplier:	Not Applicable
17		Reset Note Provisions	Not Applicable

18 Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

19	Issuer Call				Applicable
	(i)	Optional Redemption Date:				20 January 2022
	(ii) Call Option Redemption Amount(s) and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s):		U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount
	(iii)	If redeemable in part:
	(a)	Minimum Amount:	Call	Option	Redemption	Not Applicable
	(b)	Maximum Amount:	Call	Option	Redemption	Not Applicable
		(iv) Notice period:				As per Condition 5(d)
20	Regulatory Capital Call				Not Applicable
21	Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Call				Applicable

(i)	Redeemable on days other than Interest
	Payment Dates (Condition 5(f)):

• 22 Put Option Not Applicable
• 23 Final Redemption Amount of each Note U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount
• 24 Early Redemption Amount

U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount

• (i) Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons, due to Regulatory Capital Event or due to Loss Absorption Disqualification Event or on event of default:
• (ii) Redeemable 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

25	Form of Notes:	Registered Notes
		Global Certificates exchangeable for Definitive Certificates in the limited circumstances specified in the Global Certificates
26	New Global Note:	No
27	Business Day Jurisdiction(s) (Condition 6(h)) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates:	London and New York
28	Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature):	No

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By:

Duly authorised

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 from 4 October 2018.
	(iii)	Estimated total expenses of admission to trading:	£4,500
2		RATINGS
		Ratings	The Notes to be issued are expected to be assigned the following ratings:
			S&P: BBB+ Moody's: A2

Fitch: A

3 INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE/OFFER

Save for any fees payable to the 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 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 Floating Rate Notes only – HISTORIC INTEREST RATES

Details of historic LIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters LIBOR01.

5 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i)	Unrestricted Notes
	(a) ISIN:	XS1887493481
	(b) Common Code:	188749348
(ii)	Restricted Notes
	(a) ISIN:	US853254BL33
	(b) CUSIP Number:	853254 BL3
(iii)	FISN:	STD CHARTERED P/VAR RATE NT 2023 UN
	(iv) CFI Code:	DBVUGR
(v)	Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank SA/NV, Clearstream Banking, SA, the CMU Service, DTC and the relevant identification number(s):	Not Applicable
	(vi) Delivery:	Delivery free of payment in respect of the Restricted Notes and delivery free of payment in respect of the Unrestricted Notes

• (vii) Names and addresses of initial Paying Agent(s):
• (viii) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):

6 DISTRIBUTION

• (i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
• (ii) If syndicated:

(A) Names of Managers: Joint Lead Managers

The Bank of New York Mellon, One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom Not Applicable

(ix) Legal Entity Identifier: U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC Standard Chartered Bank

Co-Lead Managers

Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited Emirates NBD Bank PJSC First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC ICBC Standard Bank Plc NatWest Markets Securities Inc Nomura Securities International, Inc. QNB Capital LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. (iv) US Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA not applicable Rule 144A: Qualified Institutional Buyers only

• (B) Stabilising Manager(s) (if any): Merrill Lynch International
• (iii) If non-syndicated, name of Dealer: Not Applicable