Director Shareholding

Standard Chartered PLC
10 June 2004

                                    SCHEDULE 11

            NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1)       Name of company:
          STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

2)       Name of director:
         EVAN MERVYN DAVIES

3)       Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
         holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in 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 the age of 18 or in 
         respect of a non-beneficial interest:
         IN RESPECT OF THE DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2)

4)       Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
         number of shares held by each of them (if notified):
         N/A

5)       Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with 
         the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
          RELATES TO THE DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2)

6)       Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please 
         indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non 
         discretionary:
         GRANT OF OPTION TO THE DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2) ABOVE UNDER THE THE 
         STANDARD CHARTERED 2001 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN

7)       Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
         N/A

8)       Percentage of issued class:
         N/A

9)       Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
          N/A

10)      Percentage of issued class:
          N/A

11)      Class of security:
         N/A

12)      Price per share:
          N/A

13)      Date of transaction:
         N/A

14)      Date company informed:
         N/A

15)      Total holding following this notification:
          N/A

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

         If a director has been granted options by the company please complete 
         the following boxes

17)      Date of grant:
          9 June 2004

18)      Period during which or date on which exercisable:
         THIS OPTION IS EXCERCISABLE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 3 AND 10 YEARS 
         FROM THE DATE OF GRANT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

19)      Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
         NIL

20)      Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
         70,575 ORDINARY SHARES OF US$0.50 EACH FULLY PAID

21)      Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is 
         to be fixed at time of exercise:
         921p

22)      Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following 
         this notification:
         1,682,578

23)      Any additional information:
          NONE

24)      Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
          TERRY SKIPPEN

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

         Date of Notification:                 10 June 2004



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