Director Shareholding

Standard Chartered PLC
14 June 2001



    1)     Name of Company                   2)     Name of Director

         STANDARD CHARTERED PLC                   M B DENOMA


    3)     Please state whether              4)     Name of the registered
    notification indicates that it is in     holder(s) and, if more than one
    respect of holding of the                holder, the number of shares held
    Shareholder named in 2 above or in       by each of them (if notified).
    respect of a non-beneficial interest
    or in the case of an individual
    holder if it is a holding of that
    person's spouse or children under             N/A
    the age of 18 or in respect of a
    non-beneficial interest.



         IN RESPECT OF THE DIRECTOR
    NAMED IN 2)


    5)      Please state whether             6)     Please state the nature of
    notification relates to a person/        the transaction. For PEP
                                             transactions please indicate
         person(s) connected with the        whether general/single co PEP and
    Director named in 2 above and            if discretionary/non discretionary
    identify the connected person (s)
                                                  GRANT OF AN OPTION, TO THE
         RELATES TO THE DIRECTOR NAMED       DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2) ABOVE, UNDER
    IN 2)                                    THE 2001 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN




    7)     Number of         8)              9)     Number of        10)
    shares/amount of         Percentage      shares/amount of        Percentage
    stock acquired           of issued       stock disposed          of issued
                             Class                                   Class
                                                 
       N/A                      N/A               N/A              N/A


    11)              12)             13)     Date of        14)     Date
    Class of         Price per       transaction,           company informed
    security         share
                                      N/A                        N/A
         N/A          N/A

                                 Total percentage holding of issued class
    15)     Total holding        following this notification.
    following this notification
                                 N/A
         N/A


  IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE
                               FOLLOWING BOXES


    17)     Date of grant                18)     Period during which or date on
                                         which exercisable
         13 JUNE 2001
                                              THE OPTION IS EXERCISABLE DURING
                                         THE PERIOD BETWEEN 3 AND 10 YEARS FROM
                                         THE DATE OF GRANT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
                                         PERFORMANCE CRITERIA


    19)     Total amount paid (if        20)     Description of shares or
    any) for grant of the option         debentures involved:

         NIL                                  class, number

                                               32,500 ORDINARY SHARES OF USD
                                         0.50 EACH

                                     22. Total number of shares or debentures
    21)     Exercise price (if fixed     over which options held following this
    at time of grant) or indication      notification
    that price is to be fixed at
    time of exercise
                                         319,714
         NIL


    23)     Any additional information            24)     Name of contact and
                                                  telephone number for queries

                                                       TERRY SKIPPEN

                                                       020 7280 7109


    25)     Name and signature of authorised
    company official responsible for making       
    this notification                           ...............................
                                                       Deborah Harvey,
         Date of Notification     14 June  2001   Assistant Group Secretary