Standard Chartered Regulatory News (STAN)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Standard Chartered PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

See Additional Information in Box 13

ü

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

Fullerton Management Pte Ltd

Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Nortrust Nominees Limited

Lynchwood Nominees Limited

Chase Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

10 December 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 December 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Above 17% to 15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD USD 0.50

402,151,076

(See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13)

100,537,769

(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

NIL

NIL

129,262,845

(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

NIL

15.77%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

Nominal

Delta

NIL

NIL

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

129,262,845 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

15.77%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Indirect) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13)

Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13)

Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Indirect through the nominees listed in Box 4) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

NIL

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

NIL

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

NIL

13. Additional information:

(1) 517,051,383 shares are held by Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Dover") through the nominees listed in Box 4 as of 11 December 2015. Dover is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fullerton Management Pte Ltd ("FMPL") which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited ("Temasek").

(2) Notification using shares in issue figure of 3,277,989,327 (819,497,331 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) as at close of business on 10 December 2015.

(3) The change in the holding of Dover, FMPL and Temasek from 17.19% to 15.77% is as a result of a combination of (i) increased number of shares and voting rights in issue pursuant to the rights issue; and (ii) a disposal/termination of a right to recall lent shares.

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

Standard Chartered PLC

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

1 Basinghall Avenue,London, EC2V 5DD.

Phone number

020 7885 7456

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Lee Davis

Contact address

Standard Chartered PLC

1 Basinghall Avenue,London, EC2V 5DD

Phone number

020 7885 7456

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Group Corporate Secretariat

C: Additional information