Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
18 August 2006







Standard Chartered PLC (the 'Company') was notified on 17 August 2006 by Temasek
Holdings (Private) Limited ('Temasek') on behalf of itself, Fullerton Management
Pte Ltd and Dover Investments Pte Ltd under the Companies Act 1985 that the
particulars contained in their notification to the Company dated 27 March 2006
as updated by their notification dated 20 July 2006 have changed and the
identity of the registered holder of the 152,399,222 ordinary shares to which
those notifications related is now Nortrust Nominees Limited. These shares,
together with Temasek's interest of 966,714 shares notified on 27 March 2006
represent 11.5 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.







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