Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 14, 2012

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

渣打集團有限公司

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

Grant of Share Options

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.06A of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") announces that on 13 March 2012, Deferred Restricted Share Awards ("DRSA"), Performance Share Awards ("PSA") and Restricted Share Awards ("RSA") to acquire 693,878, 1,299,736 and 15,794 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company (together the "Awards") respectively were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities/directors under the Company's 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan (the "2011 Plan") at nil exercise price. On the same date, options (the "Options") to acquire 70,255 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company were granted to Mike Rees, a director of the Company, under the Company's 2004 Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP"). Amongst the Awards granted on 13 March 2012, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Awards under the 2011 Plan	Number of options granted
Steve Bertamini	DRSA	47,000
	PSA	127,809
Jaspal Bindra	DRSA	44,527
	PSA	119,563
Richard Meddings	DRSA	59,369
	PSA	162,854
Mike Rees	DRSA	247,373
	PSA	192,745
Peter Sands*	DRSA	86,580
	PSA	239,127
V Shankar	DRSA	79,159
	PSA	92,764
Sir John Peace	RSA	15,974

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on the date of grant was £16.05.

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The periods during which or dates which exercisable in respect of the Awards and the Options are:

(i) DRSA – Under the 2011 Plan, the Deferred Restricted Share Award vests in three equal tranches on the first, second and third anniversary from the date of grant. The award must be exercised by 7th anniversary of the grant date;

(ii) PSA – Under the 2011 Plan, the Performance Share Award vests on the third anniversary from the date of grant, subject to the satisfaction of three performance conditions. The award must be exercised by 10th anniversary of the grant date;

(iii) RSA – Under the 2011 Plan, the Restricted Share Award vests 50% on the second anniversary and 50% on the third anniversary from the date of grant. The award must be exercised by 7th anniversary of the grant date;

(iv) DBP – Award made under the 2004 Deferred Bonus Plan. Shares are conditionally awarded as part of the director’s deferred element of their annual performance award. The shares are held in the Standard Chartered 2004 Employee Benefit Trust (the corporate trustee being Bedell Cristin Trustees Limited). The shares vest one year after the date of acquisition.

Annemarie Durbin
Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 14 March 2012

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 Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees and Mr Viswanathan Shankar

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham (Senior Independent Director); Ms Ruth Markland; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken