Standard Chartered PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2009

May 25, 2009

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock code: 02888)

TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached	Standard Chartered PLC

1. Reason for the notification (please state yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Increase in shareholding pursuant to receipt of scrip dividend	Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation	Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
Fullerton Management Pte Ltd
Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3).	Nortrust Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	15 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited – From 18% to 19%
Fullerton Management Pte Ltd – From 18% to 19%
Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. – From 18% to 19%
8. Notified details:	NIL

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

| Class/type of shares
if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the Triggering transaction | | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | | % of voting rights | |
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| ORDINARY USD0.50
GB0004082847 | 268,197,219
(See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13) | 67,049,304
(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) | NIL | NIL | 92,367,111
(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) | NIL | 19.11% |

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Total (A+B)
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Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
92,367,111 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)	19.11%

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1. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Indirect) – 369,468,445 shares (92,367,111 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) 19.11% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)
Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect) – 369,468,445 shares (92,367,111 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 19.11% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)
Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Direct) – 368,122,597 shares (92,030,649 voting rights (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 19.04%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A
13. Additional information:	(1) The 268,197,219 shares comprise 267,220,267 shares held by Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (“Dover”) and 976,952 shares held by Cavanagh Investments Pte Ltd (“Cavanagh”) as of 2 May 2008. Dover is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (“FMPL”) which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”). Cavanagh is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte Ltd which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of FMPL.
	(2) The 369,468,445 shares (92,367,111 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) comprise 368,122,597 shares (92,030,649 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) held by Dover and 1,345,848 shares (336,462 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) held by Cavanagh as of 15 May 2009.
	(3) Notification using shares in issue figure of 1,933,229,573 (483,307,393 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) as at 20 May 2009.
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:
ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Standard Chartered PLC
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	1 Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 7SB
Phone number	020 7885 7456
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
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Full name	Lee Davis
Contact address	Standard Chartered PLC
1 Basinghall Avenue,
London, EC2V 5DD
Phone number	020 7885 7456
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Group Corporate Secretariat
C: Additional information
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As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Gareth Richard Bullock and Mr Richard Henry Meddings;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr John Wilfred Peace (Acting Chairman); Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.