Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 23, 2015

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Standard Chartered

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 19 March 2015, deferred shares ("Deferred Shares"), underpin shares (vest on either the third or fifth anniversary of the award, namely "Underpin Shares – Three Year" and "Underpin Shares – Five Year", together "Underpin Shares") and performance shares ("Performance Shares") to acquire 113,951, 83,786 (41,893 each for Underpin Shares – Three Year and Underpin Shares – Five Year) and 83,787 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 (together the "Awards"). Amongst the Awards granted on 19 March 2015, those granted to Andy Halford, Executive Director of the Company were as follows:

Award type	Number of options granted
Deferred Shares	36,930
Underpin Shares – Three Year	13,577
Underpin Shares – Five Year	13,577
Performance Shares	27,154

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on 19 March 2015 was £10.505. Deferred Shares vest in three equal annual installments, Underpin Shares will vest on either the third or fifth anniversary of the award subject to sustained financial performance between the date of award and the third anniversary of award, while Performance Shares will vest on the fifth anniversary of grant subject to meeting certain performance conditions which are measured after the third anniversary of award. All Awards expire on the seventh anniversary post grant (other than in the case of Performance Shares which expire on the tenth anniversary post grant).

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 23 March 2015

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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 Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Andrew Nigel Halford; 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; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE and Dr Lars Henrik Thunell

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