Standard Chartered PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2006

Aug 21, 2006

Standard Chartered PLC (the “Company”) was notified on 17 August 2006 by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”) on behalf of itself, Fullerton Management Pte Ltd and Dover Investments Pte Ltd under the Companies Act 1985 that the particulars contained in their notification to the Company dated 27 March 2006 as updated by their notification dated 20 July 2006 have changed and the identity of the registered holder of the 152,399,222 ordinary shares to which those notifications related is now Nortrust Nominees Limited. These shares, together with Temasek’s interest of 966,714 shares notified on 27 March 2006 represent 11.5 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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Sean Farrell, Head, Media Relations

+44 20 7280 7163

Sean.Farrell@uk.standardchartered.com

Romy Murray, Head, Investor Relations

+44 20 7280 7245

Romy.C.Murray@uk.standardchartered.com