STANDARD CHARTERED PLC 渣打集團有限公司

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1 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this document. STANDARD CHARTERED PLC 渣打集團有限公司 (Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered number ) (Stock Code: 02888) TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Change to the FCA s Disclosure and Transparency Rules Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited Fullerton Management Pte Ltd Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: Nortrust Nominees Limited Lynchwood Nominees Limited Chase Nominees Limited 26 November 2015

2 6. Date on which issuer notified: 30 November Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: No change 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE ORD USD 0.50 Situation previous to the triggering transaction of Shares 438,346,484 (See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13) of Voting Rights 109,586,621 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) of shares of voting rights % of voting rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 100,537,769 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) 15.77% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Type of financial instrument Rights to recall lent shares Expiration date 30 December 2015 Exercise/ Conversion Period Any time up to 30 December 2015 of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. 9,048,852 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) % of voting rights 1.42% C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

3 Type of financial instrument Exercise price Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion period of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) of voting rights 109,586,621 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) Percentage of voting rights 17.19% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Indirect)- 438,346,484 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) =17.19% (See Additional Information in Box 13) Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect)- 438,346,484 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) =17.19% (See Additional Information in Box 13) Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Indirect through the nominees listed in Box 4) - 438,346,484 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)= 17.19% Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: 11. of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

4 13. Additional information: (1) The 402,151,076 shares are held by Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. ( Dover ) through the nominees listed in Box 4 as of 30 November 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) Dover has the right to recall 36,195,408 lent shares under a stock lending agreement (see Box 8B). (3) Notification using shares in issue figure of 2,549,479,999 (637,369,999 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) as at close of business on 6 November ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities) Contact address (registered office for legal entities) 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD. Phone number Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Contact address Lee Davis 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD Phone number

5 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) Group Corporate Secretariat C: Additional information As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of comprises: Chairman: Sir John Wilfred Peace Executive Directors: Mr William Thomas Winters; 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 (Senior Independent Director); Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Paul David Skinner, CBE; Dr Lars Henrik Thunell and Ms Jasmine Whitbread