Standard Chartered PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2006

As notified to Standard Chartered PLC (the “Company”) on 20 July 2006, the sale and purchase agreement between the estate of the late Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (“Estate”), Goodwood Park Hotel Limited (“Goodwood”), Glen Holdings (Pte) Limited (“Glen”) and certain other persons (together, the “Sellers”) and Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”) contains certain provisions which mean that until 20 January 2007, under technical Companies Act provisions, the Sellers are treated as interested by attribution in the ordinary shares in which Temasek is interested and vice versa.

The Company was notified on 3 August 2006 by Temasek that the particulars contained in their notification dated 27 March 2006 as updated by their notification dated 20 July 2006 had changed and the identity of the registered holder of the 152,399,222 shares was now Dover Investments Pte Ltd (“Dover”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek.

As a result, the Company was also notified on 4 August 2006 by the Sellers that they had been notified that the registered holder of the 152,399,222 shares in which they are treated as interested in by attribution is now Dover.

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Sean Farrell, Head, Media Relations

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