Standard Chartered PLC — Delisting Announcement 2020

Jul 16, 2020

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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)

Termination of Indian Depository Receipts Programme

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Please refer to the attached announcement which was filed by Standard Chartered PLC with the Indian Stock Exchanges on 16 July 2020, providing notice of the dispatch of information to holders of Indian Depository Receipts ("IDRs") in relation to the termination of its IDR programme – final delisting.

By Order of the Board

Amanda Mellor

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 16 July 2020

As of 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; Philip George Rivett; David Tang; Carlson Tong and Jasmine Mary Whitbread

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Standard Chartered

July 16, 2020

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Dear Sir/ Ma’am,

Sub: Termination of Indian Depository Receipts (the “IDRs”) programme by Standard Chartered Plc (the “Company”) – Final Delisting

This is further to our announcements of March 9, 2020, March 13, 2020, March 16, 2020, April 9, 2020, May 20, 2020, June 15, 2020, June 16, 2020 and June 25, 2020 on the captioned subject.

The Company would like to inform you that The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE”) and BSE Limited (“BSE) have, on July 15, 2020, granted approval for final delisting of the IDRs w.e.f. July 22, 2020, from the Stock Exchanges. The circulars issued by NSE and BSE on July 15, 2020, in this regard can be accessed at https://archives.nseindia.com/content/circulars/CML45021.pdf and https://www.bseindia.com/markets/MarketInfo/DispNewNoticesCirculars.aspx?page=20200715-14, respectively.

We request you to kindly take note of the above.

Yours sincerely,

For Standard Chartered PLC

Ekta Lalwani
Compliance Officer

Standard Chartered PLC
1 Basinghall Avenue
London EC2V 5DD
WWW.SC.COM
Registered Office at 1 Basinghall Avenue London EC2V 5DD
Registered England 888424
Tel +44 (0)20 7885 8888
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