Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2009

Oct 9, 2009

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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)

7 October 2009

Standard Chartered PLC

SCRIP Dividend Scheme - Additional Listing

Application has been made to the United Kingdom Listing Authority (UKLA) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) for 9,157,053 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in the capital of Standard Chartered PLC to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and to be traded on the main market of the LSE.

These ordinary shares are to be issued as a scrip dividend alternative to receiving a cash dividend in respect of the 2009 interim dividend and dealings are expected to commence on 8 October 2009.

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

Chairman:
Mr John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:
Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Gareth Richard Bullock; Mr Richard Henry Meddings and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.