Standard Chartered PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2010

Sep 13, 2010

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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 INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC's Fund Management Operating Subsidiaries
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	08/09/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09/09/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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8. Notified details:

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004082847 (UK Listing)	93,682,995	93,682,995	94,020,195		94,020,195		4.53%
GB0004082847 (HK listing)	9,776,997	9,776,997	9,776,997		9,776,997		0.47%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
103,797,192	5.01%

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

Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:
ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
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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)

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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
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

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

Chairman: Mr John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors: Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings; Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees; and

Independent Non-Executive Directors: Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham (Senior Independent Director); Ms Ruth Markland; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.