Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2014

Mar 17, 2014

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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 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 2014, (i) up-front shares ("UFS") of 118,286 Ordinary Shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities/directors at nil exercise price; (ii) Deferred Restricted Share Awards ("DRSA") and Performance Share Awards ("PSA") to acquire 521,042 and 1,137,921 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company respectively were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities/directors under the Company's 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan at nil exercise price; and (iii) notional dividend arising from the 2012 Deferred Restricted Share Awards granted in respect of the 2011 performance period ("DRSA Div") to acquire 17,018 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 at nil exercise price (together the "Awards"). Amongst the Awards granted on 13 March 2014, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Award type	Number of options granted
Sir John Peace	UFS	10,642
Peter Sands*	UFS	12,845
	DRSA	72,710
	PSA	201,166
	DRSA Div	2,231
Steve Bertamini	UFS	7,877
	DRSA	36,355
	PSA	103,734
	DRSA Div	1,211
Richard Meddings	UFS	8,863
	DRSA	50,170
	PSA	135,726
	DRSA Div	1,530
Mike Rees	UFS	33,398
	DRSA	189,048
	PSA	193,895
	DRSA Div	6,374
Jaspal Bindra	UFS	11,536
	DRSA	40,718
	PSA	109,551
	DRSA Div	1,147

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Vis Shankar
UFS
14,445
DRSA
43,335
PSA
123,608
DRSA Div
2,040

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on the date of grant was £11.92.

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

(i) DRSA – Under the 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan, the Deferred Restricted Share Award vests in three equal annual installments. The award must be exercised by the 7th anniversary of the grant date;
(ii) PSA – Under the 2011 Standard Chartered Share 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.

By Order of the Board
Annemarie Durbin
Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17 March 2014

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 Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken, CBE and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell