Standard Chartered PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2018

Mar 14, 2018

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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)

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 9 March 2018, upfront shares and deferred shares to acquire 249,638 and 462,469 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities under the Company's 2011 Standard Chartered Share Plan (the "2011 Plan") at the option price of £7.782. No options were granted to any director of the Company.

On the same day, Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") awards to acquire 1,972,312 Ordinary shares of USD0.50 each in the capital of the Company were granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities/directors under the Company's 2011 Plan at the option price of £7.782. Amongst the LTIP awards granted on 9 March 2018, those granted to the directors and chief executive were as follows:

Name of Grantee	Number of shares granted
Bill Winters*	541,891
Andy Halford	335,540

• Group chief executive

The closing market price of the Company's shares on the London Stock Exchange on the date of grant (9 March 2018) was £7.789. Upfront shares are subject to a minimum 12-month retention period in line with remuneration regulations. Deferred shares vest after a minimum of three years (five years for Risk Managers and seven years for Senior Managers) in line with remuneration regulations. LTIP awards vest after a minimum of seven years, subject to performance conditions.

By Order of the Board

Elizabeth Lloyd, CBE

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 14 March 2018

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 Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; David Philbrick Conner; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Christine Mary Hodgson (Senior Independent Director); Gay Huey Evans, OBE; Naguib Kheraj (Deputy Chairman); Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Jasmine Mary Whitbread