Standard Chartered PLC — Regulatory Filings 2008

Aug 1, 2008

Standard Chartered

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

(the "Company")

31 July 2008

Voting Rights and Capital

The following notification is made in accordance with the UK Financial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.

At close of business on 30 July 2008 the issued share capital of Standard Chartered PLC consisted of:

99,250,000 8¹/₄ per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1 each with no equity voting rights;

96,035,000 7³/₈ per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1 each with no equity voting rights;

7,500 6.409 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights;

7,500 7.014 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights;

337,500 8.125 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights; and

1,422,166,435 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each with voting rights of one vote for every US$2 nominal value.

Standard Chartered PLC holds no shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Standard Chartered PLC is 355,541,608. This figure (355,541,608) may be used by shareholders to determine the percentage of voting rights (one vote for every US$2 nominal value of ordinary shares) they hold in Standard Chartered PLC and if they are required to notify their interests, or a change to their interest, in Standard Chartered PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises:

Chairman:
Mr Evan Mervyn Davies, CBE

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; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE;
Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal; Mr Paul David Skinner;
Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken and Lord Adair Turner.