Standard Chartered PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Jan 6, 2021

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

渣打集團有限公司

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with limited liability)

(Registered Number: 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

5 January 2021

Redemption by Standard Chartered PLC ("SCPLC") of SGD 700,000,000 Callable Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2026 (ISIN: XS1020855588) (the "Notes")

SCPLC has today given notice to the holders of the Notes that it will fully redeem the outstanding Notes on 23 January 2021 (the "Redemption Date") in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes (the "Conditions"). The Notes will be redeemed at 100 per cent. of their principal amount together with accrued interest.

Following redemption, the Notes will be cancelled pursuant to the Conditions. Accordingly, the listing of the Notes on the Official List of the FCA and the admission of the Notes to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange will be cancelled on, or shortly after, 26 January 2021.

For further information please contact:

Daniel Banks

Managing Director, Global Head, Debt Investor Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 6329

Julie Gibson

Head of Group Media Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD

020 7885 2434

Standard Chartered PLC LEI: U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91

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

Chairman:
José María Viñals Iñiguez

Executive Directors:
William Thomas Winters, CBE and Andrew Nigel Halford

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
David Philbrick Conner; Byron Elmer Grote; Christine Mary Hodgson, CBE (Senior Independent Director); Gay Huey Evans, OBE; Naguib Kheraj (Deputy Chairman); Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Maria da Conceicao das Neves Calha Ramos; Philip George Rivett; David Tang; Carlson Tong and Jasmine Mary Whitbread

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