Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2013

Mar 14, 2013

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(Signature: S. Chatterjee, M. S. Chatterjee, S. S. Chatterjee, S. S. Chatterjee, S. S. Chatterjee)

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered 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 2013, notional dividend arising from 2012 Deferred Restricted Share Awards ("DRSA") to acquire 23,106 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities/directors under the Company's 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan (the "2011 Plan") at nil exercise price. Amongst the DRSA granted on 13 March 2013, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Number of options granted
Peter Sands*	2,883
Steve Bertamini	1,565
Richard Meddings	1,977
Mike Rees	8,238
Jaspal Bindra	1,483
Vis Shankar	2,636

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on the date of grant was £17.21. 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.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 14 March 2013

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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 Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Mrs Margaret Ewing; 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; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell

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