Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 17, 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 13 March 2015, notional dividend arising from the 2012 Deferred Restricted Share Awards granted in respect of the 2011 performance period ("2012 DRSA") to acquire 10,198 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. On the same day, notional dividend arising from the 2014 Deferred Restricted Share Awards granted in respect of the 2013 performance period ("2014 DRSA") to acquire 22,378 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 "DRSA Awards"). Amongst the DRSA Awards granted on 13 March 2015, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Award type	Number of options granted
Peter Sands*	2012 DRSA	1,593
	2014 DRSA	3,745
Mike Rees	2012 DRSA	4,553
	2014 DRSA	9,736
Jaspal Bindra	2012 DRSA	820
	2014 DRSA	2,097
Vis Shankar	2012 DRSA	1,457
	2014 DRSA	2,232

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on 13 March 2015 was £9.552. Under the 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan, the DRSA Awards vest in three equal annual installments. The award must be exercised by seventh anniversary of the grant date. Notional dividends are applied annually to the unvested portion of the award and must be exercised by the 7th anniversary of the grant of the original award to which they relate.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17 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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