Standard Chartered PLC — Report Publication Announcement 2012

Jun 28, 2012

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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)

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED

27 June 2012

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUSES

The following prospectuses have been approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier on 27 June 2012. To view any of such prospectuses in full and each document incorporated therein by reference, please paste the relevant URL into the address bar of your browser:

• Notes Base Prospectus dated 27 June 2012 relating to a US$ 10,000,000,000 Structured Product Programme of Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_1-2012-6-27.pdf

• Certificates Base Prospectus dated 27 June 2012 relating to a US$ 10,000,000,000 Structured Product Programme of Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_2-2012-6-27.pdf

• Warrants Base Prospectus dated 27 June 2012 relating to a US$ 10,000,000,000 Structured Product Programme of Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_3-2012-6-27.pdf

• Credit Linked Securities Base Prospectus dated 27 June 2012 relating to a US$ 10,000,000,000 Structured Product Programme of Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_4-2012-6-27.pdf

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• Equity Linked and Market Access Product Securities Base Prospectus dated 27 June 2012 relating to a US$ 10,000,000,000 Structured Product Programme of Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_5-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Registration Document dated 27 June 2012 relating to Standard Chartered Bank.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_6-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Registration Document dated 27 June 2012 relating to Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_7-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Directors' Report and Financial Statements of Standard Chartered Bank for the financial years ended 31 December, 2011.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_8-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Directors' Report and Financial Statements of Standard Chartered Bank for the financial years ended 31 December, 2010.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_9-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Directors' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited for the financial years ended 31 December, 2011.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_10-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Directors' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited for the financial years ended 31 December, 2010.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_11-2012-6-27.pdf

• The Standard Chartered PLC Annual Report 2011.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3049G_13-2012-6-27.pdf

A copy of each prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Election of Home State

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited has chosen the United Kingdom as its Home State for the purposes of Directive 2004/109/EC (as implemented into English law on 20 January 2007) (the Transparency Directive) pursuant to Article 2.1(i)(ii) of the Transparency Directive and is hereby disclosing such election in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.4.2.

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For further information, please contact

James Hopkinson
Head of Investor Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 7151

Kurt Crommelin
Regional Head of Legal, Europe
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD

020 7885 6698

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the prospectuses may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the relevant prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the relevant prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the relevant prospectus you must ascertain from such prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

The prospectuses on this web-site do not constitute an offer of securities in the United States. The securities described therein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or any U.S. state securities laws, nor may any such securities be offered, sold or delivered in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) unless such securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available. In addition, securities issued thereunder are subject to U.S. tax law requirements.

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

Chairman:
Sir 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 Mr Viswanathan Shankar

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