Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2008

Sep 17, 2008

Standard Chartered

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

(渣打集團有限公司)

(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS FORM MUST BE TYPED OR PRINTED ELECTRONICALLY AND PROVIDED TO AN RIS.

Date: 16 September 2008

Name of applicant:		Standard Chartered PLC
Name of scheme:		1) Savings Related Share Option Scheme
2) Executive Share Option Scheme
3) Restricted Share Scheme
4) International Sharesave Scheme
5) Performance Share Plan
Period of return:	From:	1 October 2007	To:	31 August 2008
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:		1) 350,895
3) 758,828
5) 483,757	2) 5,691,898
4) 456,787
Plus: The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):		1) 100,000
3) 2,000,000
5) 2,000,000	2) NIL
4) 1,500,000
Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period (see LR3.5.7G):		1) 308,721
3) 1,807,854
5) 968,908	2) 2,871,155
4) 1,626,716
Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:		1) 142,174
3) 950,974
5) 1,514,849	2) 2,820,743
4) 330,071
Name of contact:	Lee Davis
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Telephone number of contact:	0207 885 7456

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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 (Deputy Chairman); 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.