Standard Chartered PLC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2018

Mar 23, 2018

Standard Chartered

Computershare

All Correspondence to:
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited
17M Floor
Hopewell Centre
183 Queen's Road East
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Shareholder Helpline: 2862 8555
You can check your holding at
www.computershare.com/hk/investors
Shareholder Reference Number

Election Form – Final Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2017

Note: This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the unique designated account printed hereon. This personalised form is not transferable between different (i) account holders or (ii) uniquely designated accounts. Standard Chartered PLC (the 'Company') and Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited accept no liability for any instruction that does not comply with these conditions.

Entitlement Advice – Share Dividend

(1) Number of ordinary shares registered in your name(s) at the opening of business on 9 March 2018	(2) The maximum number of new shares you are entitled to receive on 17 May 2018 at US$10.83451 (£7.7600) per share	(3) Maximum cash dividend available (including cash balance brought forward)	(4) Cash balance to be carried forward to the next dividend if you choose to receive the number of new shares shown in box (2)

US$ US$

Final dividend of US$0.11 per existing ordinary share (the 'final dividend'). Election to receive the final dividend in cash in either sterling, US dollars or Hong Kong dollars or in fully paid new ordinary shares of US$0.50 each ('new shares') in the Company.

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

If you are not sure what to do, please contact an appropriate independent professional adviser. This election form should be read in conjunction with the 2017 Final Dividend circular and Dividend Terms and Conditions (the 'dividend documents'). If you sold, transferred or purchased ordinary shares in the Company before 7 March 2018, but that sale, transfer or purchase is not reflected in box (1) above, please refer to the dividend documents. The dividend documents can also be viewed at sc.com/en/investors/shareholder-information.

Election Options – THIS FORM IS NOT TRANSFERABLE

Please use a black pen. Print in CAPITAL letters inside the boxes as shown in this example.

ABC 1 2 3

1. OPTION 1 – Full Share Election

Complete this section if you wish to receive your maximum entitlement to new shares. (i) for this dividend only, (ii) for this and for the appropriate box. (iii) see box (2) above. subsequent dividends

☐ I do not need to complete the election form if you would like your cash balance (see box (4) above), following payment of your final dividend in new shares, to be given to the charity Seeing is Believing, please insert an 'X' in the box (please see the dividend documents for further information).

☐ I do not need to complete the election form if you have marked box (ii) above, your charity donation will also be recorded for subsequent dividends

2. OPTION 2 – Partial Share Election

If you wish to receive new shares on only a part of your holding, please fill in the number of shares on which you wish to receive new shares.

In Figures

3. OPTION 3 – Currency Election

UNLESS YOU ELECT OTHERWISE, ANY DIVIDENDS PAYABLE TO YOU IN CASH WILL BE PAID IN

☐ I do not need to complete the election form if you have previously elected, and still wish, to receive your entire final dividend in cash in Hong Kong dollars (or in US dollars, if you have previously made a US dollar election, or in sterling, if you have previously made a sterling election). If you want to alter your existing standing instruction, please refer to the dividend documents.

If you have any queries you can call the Shareholder Helpline on 2862 8555 between 9.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. The helpline will not give advice on the merits of the share dividend offer or give any financial advice.

You are now also able to submit your instructions for the final dividend online through our branch registrar's Investor Centre at computershare.com/hk/investors. You will need to register your details with the Investor Centre before you can make your election (once registered, select 'Dividend Plans'). You need to contact our branch registrar at 2862 8555 or email to hkinfiu@computershare.com.hk before register with the Investor Centre. For further details on how to make an electronic election, please see the dividend documents.

ELECTION

To the directors of Standard Chartered PLC

i/We am/are the registered holder(s) of ordinary shares in Standard Chartered PLC at the opening of business on 9 March 2018. If i/we have put a cross in either of the two boxes in the top of Option 1, i/we wish to receive the maximum dividend entitlement in new shares, for either just this dividend, or this and all future dividends (according to the box i/we have crossed). If i/we have crossed the lower box in Option 1, i/we wish my/our cash balance to be given to the charity Seeing is Believing. If i/we have put a number in Option 2, i/we have made an election to receive new shares on the number of shares shown and the balance of my/our dividend entitlement will be in cash. i/we understand that my/our election to receive new shares is dependent on the new shares being listed by the UK Listing Authority and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited by 17 May 2018. If i/we have crossed one of the boxes in Option 3, i/we wish to receive any cash part of the final dividend, future cash dividends and any other cash balance owing to me/ us in the currency indicated. i/We understand that by crossing box (ii) in Option 1 or any box in Option 3, i/we have made a standing instruction which will remain in place until i/we cancel it in writing.

i/We have made a standing instruction which will remain in place until i/we cancel it in writing.

i/We understand that this election is subject to the terms of the dividend documents and the articles of association of the Company and is irrevocable in so far as it relates to the payment of the final dividend.

i/We authorise you or your agent to send at my/our risk by post a definitive share certificate for any new shares allotted to me/us in accordance with this form.

i/We declare that i/we am/are not resident in any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong where acceptance of the share dividend offer would require the Company to comply with any government or regulatory procedures or any similar formalities arising out of this election, nor do i/we hold the ordinary shares to which this form relates as nominee or trustee for any beneficial owner who is so resident.

SIGNATURE(S) — In the case of joint holders ALL must sign. In the case of a corporation this form should be signed by two authorised signatories (E.g. Director & Company Secretary) stating their capacity. Alternatively, this form can be signed by a Director of the Company in the presence of a witness who attests the signature or under its common seal.

Signature 1 (Please sign in the box below)
Signature 2 (Please sign in the box below)
Signature 3 (Please sign in the box below)
Signature 4 (Please sign in the box below)

Date __ / __ / ___

In the event that we need to contact you regarding the processing of this form, please supply one of the following:

Daytime Telephone Number
E-mail Address (if available)

Please note that these contact details will not be recorded by Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited for any future use.

PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM TO MAKE YOUR ELECTION AND RETURN TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ABOVE TO ARRIVE BY 4.00 PM ON 19 APRIL 2018.