Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2012

Mar 20, 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 )

20 March 2012

Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and The London Stock Exchange for a block listing of 4,000,000 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 to trade on The London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to The Official List. The shares shall rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Company.

This is split as follows:

3,250,000 ordinary shares for the Company's International Sharesave Scheme

750,000 ordinary shares for the Company's UK Sharesave Scheme

The shares are expected to be admitted to The Official List and to trading on The London Stock Exchange on 22 March 2012.

Contact name for Enquiries

Lee Davis, Senior Assistant Secretary

020 7885 7456

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