Standard Chartered PLC

Prospectus • Sep 23, 2024

Standard Chartered PLC

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered number 966425)

Standard Chartered Bank

(Incorporated with limited liability in England by Royal Charter with reference number ZC18)

U.S.\$77,500,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme

This supplement (the "Supplementary Prospectus", which definition shall include all information incorporated by reference herein) to the base prospectus dated 24 April 2024 (the "Base Prospectus", which definition includes the base prospectus and all information incorporated by reference therein), as supplemented by the supplementary prospectuses dated 2 May 2024, 30 July 2024 and 4 September 2024, constitutes a supplementary prospectus for the purposes of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "UK Prospectus Regulation"), and is prepared in connection with the U.S.\$77,500,000,000 debt issuance programme (the "Programme") established by Standard Chartered PLC ("SCPLC") and Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB") (each of SCPLC and SCB in such capacity an "Issuer" and together the "Issuers"). Terms defined in the Base Prospectus have the same meaning when used in this Supplementary Prospectus.

This Supplementary Prospectus is supplemental to, updates, must be read in conjunction with, and forms part of, the Base Prospectus and any other supplements to the Base Prospectus issued by the Issuers from time to time.

This Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the FCA, as the United Kingdom competent authority under the UK Prospectus Regulation, as a supplement to the Base Prospectus in compliance with the UK Prospectus Regulation.

The Issuers accept responsibility for the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuers, the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and makes no omission likely to affect its import.

1. PURPOSE OF THIS SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS

The purpose of this Supplementary Prospectus is to:

• (a) incorporate by reference the announcement by SCPLC dated 20 September 2024 entitled "Standard Chartered Announces Changes to its Board" (the "20 September 2024 Board Change Announcement");
• (b) incorporate certain information within the section entitled "Standard Chartered PLC" in the Base Prospectus; and

(c) incorporate certain information within the section entitled "Standard Chartered Bank" in the Base Prospectus.

2. NEW DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The 20 September 2024 Board Change Announcement, which has been (a) previously published and (b) filed with the FCA, is hereby incorporated in, and forms part of, this Supplementary Prospectus.

3. CHANGES TO THE SECTION ENTITLED "STANDARD CHARTERED PLC"

(a) The following wording shall be added before the paragraph beginning with "The above appointments have received the necessary regulatory approval." on page 125 to the Base Prospectus:

"L L Kwok-Kuen Independent Non-Executive Director (appointment effective from 2 November 2024)

Independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) Limited, China Resources Land Limited, and a non-executive director of Hongkong Land Holdings Limited."

(b) The following wording shall be added at the end of section entitled "Management Team" on page 126 to the Base Prospectus:

"Alvaro Garrido and Darrell Ryman. Effective 5 September 2024, Alvaro Garrido joined the Group Management Team as interim Group Chief Information Officer and Darrell Ryman joined the Group Management Team as interim Group Chief Operating Officer, replacing Roel Louwhoff who has resigned his Chief Transformation, Technology and Operations Officer role from the Group Management Team."

4. CHANGES TO THE SECTION ENTITLED "STANDARD CHARTERED BANK"

The following wording shall be added before the paragraph entitled "A C McFadyen (61) Non-Executive Director of SCB" on page 128 to the Base Prospectus:

"L L Kwok-Kuen (63) Independent Non-Executive Director of SCB (appointment effective from 2 November 2024)

Independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) Limited, China Resources Land Limited, and a non-executive director of Hongkong Land Holdings Limited."

5. GENERAL

This Supplementary Prospectus will be available for so long as any Notes are outstanding under the Programme at the website of SCPLC at: https://www.sc.com/en/investors/.

To the extent that there is any inconsistency between: (a) any statement in this Supplementary Prospectus and (b) any other statement in or incorporated by reference into the Base Prospectus, or the supplementary prospectuses dated 2 May 2024, 30 July 2024 and 4 September 2024, the statements in (a) above will prevail.

Save as disclosed in this Supplementary Prospectus or the supplementary prospectuses dated 2 May 2024, 30 July 2024 and 4 September 2024, there has been no other significant new factor, material mistake or material inaccuracy relating to information included in the Base Prospectus since the publication of the Base Prospectus.