Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
07 September 2004


                                   SCHEDULE 10

                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block letters.


1.  Name of company                               2. Name of shareholder having a major interest



STANDARD CHARTERED PLC                            THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC




3.Please state whether notification indicates that it is       4.Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
  in respect of holding of the shareholder named                 more than one holder, the number of
  in 2                                                           shares held by each of them
  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               See attached list
of 18

THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 AND ITS FOUR
AFFILIATES, CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A., CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL, INC., capital international
limited AND CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY


5. Number of shares/amounts 6. Percentage of      7. Number of shares/      8.Percentage of
    of stock acquired          issued class          amounts of stock         issued class
                                                          disposed
                                    
                -                   -                6,998,783                 0.59%
                                                     

9. Class of security                                     10. Date of transaction  11. Date company
                                                                                        informed

ORDINARY SHARES OF USD0.50 EACH                          1 SEPTEMBER 2004           2 SEPTEMBER 2004


12. Total holding following this notification            13. Total percentage holding of issued

     46,799,454                                                class following this notification

                                                              3.97%


14. Any additional information                     15. Name of contact and telephone number
                                                         for queries

N/A                                                SHARON O'DONOVAN  020 7280 7110

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
    notification


JULIE BAMFORD
DEPUTY GROUP SECRETARY


Date of notification: 7 SEPTEMBER 2004


The Capital Group Companies, Inc

Capital International S.A.


Registered Holders                                                                                  Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                                                        8,600
Bank of New York Nominees                                                                           22,200
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                           1,337,776
Midland Bank plc                                                                                   221,884
Barclays Bank                                                                                      237,500
Pictet & Cie, Geneva                                                                                15,500
Citibank London                                                                                     10,800
Brown Bros.                                                                                         42,900
Nortrust Nominees                                                                                    7,300
Morgan Stanley                                                                                      18,000
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                                              76,100
JP Morgan                                                                                          868,218
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                                                       62,200
National Westminster Bank                                                                           43,200
Lloyds Bank                                                                                         47,400
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                                              27,300
Citibank NA                                                                                         16,800
Deutsche Bank AG                                                                                    10,000
HSBC Bank PLC                                                                                      154,131
                                                                                                3,227,809


Capital International, Inc


Registered Holders                                                                                  Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                                                    1,517,909
Bank of New York Nominees                                                                          376,357
Northern Trust                                                                                      15,500
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                           1,259,620
Midland Bank plc                                                                                   103,600
Bankers Trust                                                                                       13,400
Citibank London                                                                                     38,600
Brown Bros                                                                                          57,700
Nortrust Nominees                                                                                  471,000
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                                             154,900
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                                                      250,915
Citibank                                                                                            11,300
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                                              26,000
Citibank NA                                                                                        161,397
HSBC Bank PLC                                                                                      136,030
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                                               168,600
                                                                                                 4,762,828


Capital International Limited


Registered Holders                                                                                  Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                                                      404,519
Bank of New York Nominees                                                                        2,526,294
Northern Trust                                                                                     381,901
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                           1,489,977
Midland Bank plc                                                                                    76,200
Bankers Trust                                                                                      165,300
Barclays Bank                                                                                       26,200
Citibank London                                                                                    546,400
Morgan Guaranty                                                                                     83,200
Nortrust Nominees                                                                                1,473,420
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                                             292,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                                                       307,600
Citibank NA                                                                                         30,600
Deutsche Bank AG                                                                                   624,800
HSBC Bank plc                                                                                      327,700
Mellon Bank NA                                                                                      38,293
KAS UK                                                                                              56,100
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                                                       177,600
Bank One London                                                                                     51,600
Clydesdale Bank plc                                                                                 48,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                                                15,100
                                                                                                 9,143,604


Capital Guardian Trust Company


Registered Holders                                                                                  Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                                                    4,862,300
Bank of New York Nominees                                                                          868,858
Northern Trust                                                                                     207,762
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                          13,077,983
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                                                       413,998
Midland Bank plc                                                                                 3,745,950
Cede & Co.                                                                                           2,800
Bankers Trust                                                                                    1,330,500
Barclays Bank                                                                                      170,100
Citibank London                                                                                     19,600
Nortrust Nominees                                                                                3,731,662
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                                              42,600
MSS Nominees Limited                                                                                34,300
Citibank                                                                                             5,400
RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                                                                                  1,700
Citibank NA                                                                                         28,600
Deutsche Bank AG                                                                                     2,200
HSBC Bank plc                                                                                          100
Mellon Bank NA                                                                                      83,900
ROY Nominees Limited                                                                                26,200
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                                                       883,000
HSBC                                                                                                26,400
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                                                99,300
                                                                                                29,665,213


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