Standard Chartered PLC — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 12, 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 11 March 2015, notional dividend arising from the 2013 Deferred Restricted Share Awards granted in respect of the 2012 performance period ("2013 DRSA") to acquire 14,976 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. Amongst the 2013 DRSA granted on 11 March 2015, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Number of options granted
Peter Sands*	2,401
Mike Rees	6,859
Jaspal Bindra	1,334
Vis Shankar	1,486

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on 11 March 2015 was £10.245. Under the 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan, the Deferred Restricted Share Award vests in three equal installments. 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, 12 March 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:

Chairman:

Sir John Wilfred Peace

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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