Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2015

May 11, 2015

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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

渣打集團有限公司

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

11 May 2015

SCRIP Dividend Scheme - Additional Listing

Application has been made to the United Kingdom Listing Authority (UKLA) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) for 69,186,004 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 2014 final dividend and dealings are expected to commence on 14 May 2015.

Contact name for Enquiries

Alex Raistrick, Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7885 7154

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 Andrew Nigel Halford and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Ms Gay Huey Evans; Mr Naguib Kheraj; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland (Senior Independent Director); Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Dr Lars Henrik Thunell and Ms Jasmine Whitbread