Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2011

Sep 22, 2011

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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)

Grant of Share Options

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.06A of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") announces that on 20 September 2011, an award of restricted shares to acquire 18,491 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") were granted to Sir John Peace, Chairman of the Company under the Company's 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan (the "2011 Plan") at nil exercise price.

The closing market price of the Shares on the London Stock Exchange on the date of grant (20 September 2011) was £13.66. Under the Company's 2011 Plan, the restricted shares award vests in two equal tranches on the second and third anniversary from the date of grant. The award must be exercised by the 7th anniversary of the grant date.

By Order of the Board

Annemarie Durbin

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 22 September 2011

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 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.