Director Shareholding

Standard Chartered PLC
28 September 2001


 
 1. Name of Company                         2)     Names of Directors

         Standard Chartered PLC                 Sir Patrick Gillam, Mr G S
                                                Talwar, Mr E M Davies, Mr M B
                                                DeNoma, Mr C A Keljik, Mr P N
                                                Kenny and Mr K S Nargolwala


    3)     Please state whether             4)     Name of the registered
    notification indicates that it is       holder(s) and, if more than one
    in respect of holding of the            holder, the number of shares held
    Director named in 2 above or            by each of them (if notified)
    holding of that person's spouse or
    children under the age of 18 or in
    respect of a non-beneficial
    interest                                     The Royal Bank of Scotland
                                            Trust Company (Jersey) Limited.
     Technical interest of the                   
     directors named in 2).


    5)      Please state whether            6)     Please state the nature of
    notification relates to a person/       the transaction and the nature and
                                            extent of the director's interest
         person(s) connected with the       in the transaction
    Director named in 2 above and
    identify the connected person (s)            Purchase of shares for the
                                            Standard Chartered 1995 Employees'
         Relates to the directors named     Share Ownership Plan Trust ('the
    in 2) and their technical interest      Trust') to be used to satisfy
    in the shares held by the               future exercises under the Standard
    registered holder named in 4).          Chartered 1997 Restricted Share
                                            Schemes maturity.

 7. Number of shares/
    amount of stock           8) %          9)     Number of           10) % of
    acquired                  of issued     shares/amount of stock     issued
                              Class         disposed                   Class

                                             
    1,000,000                 0.08859%                   N/A            N/A     

    11)              12)          13)     Date of          14) Date company
    Class of         Price        transaction              informed
    security         per share    
                                  27 September, 2001       27 September 2001
    Ordinary         654.27p
    shares of
    US$0.50 each
                     

    15)     Total holding         16)     Total percentage holding of issued
    following this                class following this notification
    notification                  

    1,835,473                     0.16260%


  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
                        N/A
                                                                   N/A

    19)     Total amount paid (if any) for     20)     Description of shares or
    grant of the option                        debentures involved:
                                                    class, number.
                        N/A                                        N/A

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


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

    The Trust is              Terry Skippen, 0207 280 7109
    discretionary
    and for the benefit of
    such employees
    (including the executive
    directors of Standard
    Chartered PLC) and
    their families as
    the trustee (named in 4.
    Above) may, at its 
    discretion determine.
    The Directors
    of Standard
    Chartered PLC
    do not participate in
    the 1997 Restricted Share
    Scheme.

    25)     Name and signature of authorised company
            official responsible for making this notification

            Terry Skippen, Assistant Secretary
.........................................................................


            Date of Notification:   28 September 2001