Final Terms dated 24 April 2009 Standard Chartered PLC Issue of 197,772,000 as Tranche 1 of 200,000,0006.500 per cent. Notes Due 2014 (Series 36) under the US$20,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 5 November 2008 and the supplemental Prospectuses dated 6 March 2009 and 1 April 2009 which together constitute (with the exception of certain sections) a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) (the "Prospectus Directive"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for purposes of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with such Prospectus as so supplemented. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus as so supplemented. 1. Issuer: Standard Chartered PLC 2. (i) Series Number: 36 (ii) Tranche Number: 1 3. Currency or Currencies: Sterling ("E") 4. Aggregate Nominal Amount: (i) Series: 200,000,000 (ii) Tranche: 197,772,000 5. Issue Price: 99.519 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount 6. Denominations: 50,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof 7. Calculation Amount: 1,000 8. (i) Issue Date: 27 April 2009 (ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date 9. Maturity Date: 28 April 2014 10. Interest Basis: 6.500 per cent. Fixed Rate (further particulars specified below) 11. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par 12. Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment Basis: 13. Put/Call Options: 14. (i) Status of the Notes: Senior Notes
2 (ii) Date of Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained 15. Method of distribution: Non-synd icated PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE 16. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable (i) Rate of interest: 6.500 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear (ii) Interest Payment Date: First Interest Payment Date on 28 April 2010 and thereafter annually on 28 April in each year, not adjusted (iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: (iv) Broken Amount: 65.00 per Calculation Amount 65.18 per Calculation Amount, payable on 28 April 2010 in respect of the period from, and including, the Issue Date to, but excluding, 28 April 2010 17. 18. 19. 20. (v) Day Count Fraction (Condition 40): (vi) Determination Dates: (vii) Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate Notes Floating Rate Note Provisions Zero Coupon Note Provisions Index-Linked Interest Note Provisions Dual Currency Note Provisions Actual/Actual 28 April in each year PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION 21. 22. 23. Call Option Put Option Final Redemption of each Note 1,000 per Calculation Amount 24. Early Redemption Amount (i) Early Redemption Amount(s) per As per Conditions Calculation Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons or on event of default or other early redemption and/or the method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in the Conditions): (ii) Redemption for taxation reasons Yes permitted on days other than
3 Interest Payment Dates (Condition 5(c)): (iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Bearer Notes only) (Condition 6 (f)): No GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES 25. Form of Notes: Bearer Notes 26. New Global Note: Yes Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes in the limited circumstances specified in the permanent Global Note 27. Business Day Jurisdiction(s) (Condition 6(h)) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates 28. Talons for future Coupons or Receipts No to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): 29. Details relating to partly paid Notes: amount of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made: 30. Details relating to Instalment Notes: amount of each instalment, date on which each payment is to be made 31. Redenomination, renominalisation and reconventioning provisions: 32. Consolidation provisions: 33. Other final terms: DISTRIBUTION 34. (i) If syndicated, names and (ii) addresses of Managers and underwriting commitments: Date of SUbscription Agreement: (iii) Stabilising Manager(s) (if any): 35. If non-syndicated, name and address of Dealer: 36. Total commission and concession: 37. U.S. selling restrictions Reg S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
4 38. 39. Non-exempt Offer: Additional selling restrictions: PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to trading of the Notes described herein pursuant to the US$20,OOO,OOO,OOO Debt Issuance Programme of Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered First Bank Korea Limited. RESPONSIBILITY The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. Signed on behalf of the Issuer: By: ---------'-+-7'--- Duly authorised
, ' 5 PART 8 - OTHER INFORMATION 1. LISTING (i) Listing: Official List of the UK Listing Authority and trading on the London Stock Exchange (ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 27 April 2009. 2. RATINGS Ratings: The Notes to be issued have been rated: S&P:A Moody's: A3 Fitch: A+ 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL EXPENSES Estimated total expenses: None 4. YIELD Indication of yield: 6.616 per cent. per annum 5. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION (i) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility (ii) ISIN Code: Yes XS0426020 193 (iii) Common Code: 042602019 (iv) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Banks SA/NN. and Clearstream Banking, SA and the relevant identification numbers. (v) Delivery: Delivery free of payment (vi) Names and addresses of initial Paying Agent(s): The Bank of New York Mellon One Canada Square London E14 5AL (vii) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):