Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2010

Jun 2, 2010

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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)

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

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Date: 1 June 2010

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:	17 July 2009	To:	25 May 2010
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:		1) 642,512
2) 1,794,249
3) 1,871,501
4) 3,400,338
5) 1,532,240
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) NIL
2) 3,000,000
3) 1,500,000
4) NIL
5) 1,500,000
Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period (see LR3.5.7G):		1) 224,249
2) 4,131,668
3) 2,464,927
4) 2,319,742
5) 1,914,707

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Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:	1)	418,263	2)	662,581
	3)	906,574	4)	1,080,596
	5)	1,117,533
Name of contact:	Lee Davis
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Telephone number of contact:	0207 885 7456

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 Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees;

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.