Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2017

May 9, 2017

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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)

Standard Chartered PLC

LEI: U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91

Voting Rights and Capital

The following notification is made in accordance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.

At close of business on 30 April 2017 the issued share capital of Standard Chartered PLC consisted of:

99,250,000 8¹/₄ per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1 each with no equity voting rights;

96,035,000 7³/₈ per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1 each with no equity voting rights;

7,500 6.409 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights;

7,500 7.014 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights;

3,290,328,849 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each with voting rights of one vote for every US$2 nominal value.

Therefore, ordinary shareholders have one vote for every four ordinary shares they hold, and Indian Depository Receipt (IDRs) holders have one vote for every forty IDRs they hold.

The total number of voting rights in Standard Chartered PLC is 822,582,212. This figure (822,582,212) may be used by shareholders to determine the percentage of voting rights (one vote for every US$2 nominal value of ordinary shares) they hold in Standard Chartered PLC and if they are required to notify their interests, or a change to their interest, in Standard Chartered PLC under the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Any such notification should be sent to Investor.Relations@sc.com and Group-Corporate.Secretariat@sc.com.

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Standard Chartered PLC holds no shares in Treasury.

In compliance with Rule 13.25B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ('HKSE'), Standard Chartered PLC today submitted to the HKSE a Monthly Return of Equity Issuer on Movements in Securities for April 2017.

To view the return click here:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4894E_-2017-5-8.pdf

Contact name for Enquiries

Lee Davis, Assistant Group Secretary

020 7885 7456

8 May 2017

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

Chairman: José María Viñals Iñiguez

Executive Directors: William Thomas Winters and Andrew Nigel Halford

Independent Non-Executive Directors: Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; David Philbrick Conner; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Christine Mary Hodgson; Gay Huey Evans, OBE; Naguib Kheraj (Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director) and Jasmine Mary Whitbread