Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
02 May 2008


TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached      STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

2. Reason for the notification     (please state yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights            N/A

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments    N/A
which may result in the acquisition of shares already
issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights       Yes

Other (please specify):                                N/A


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the             Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
notification obligation
                                                     Fullerton Management Pte Ltd

                                                     Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
3).

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the    29 April 2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    2 May 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
                                                     - From 19% to 18%

                                                     Fullerton Management Pte Ltd
                                                     - From 19% to 18%

                                                     Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.
                                                     - Above 18%
8. Notified details:                                 NIL



A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of       Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares              Triggering transaction

if possible using   Number of     Number of   Number of     Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE       Shares        Voting      shares
                                  Rights
                                              Direct        Direct       Indirect    Direct    Indirect

                    268,197,219   67,049,304  NIL           NIL          67,049,304  NIL       18.99%
ORDINARY
USD0.50             (See (1) in   (based on 1                            (based on 1
GB0004082847        Additional    voting                                 voting
                    Information   right for                              right for
                    in Box 13)    every                                  every
                                  US$2.00                                US$2.00
                                  nominal                                nominal
                                  value of                               value of
                                  shares)                                shares)


B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting      % of voting rights
instrument                                  Period/ Date       rights that may be
                                                               acquired if the
                                                               instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.

        NIL                  NIL                  NIL                   NIL                  NIL


Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                              % of voting rights

67,049,304 (based on 1 voting right for every        18.99%
US$2.00 nominal value of shares)


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Indirect) - 268,197,219 shares (67,049,304 voting rights based on 1 voting right
for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) 18.99% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)

Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect) - 268,197,219 shares (67,049,304 voting rights based on 1 voting right for
every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 18.99% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)

Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Direct) - 267,220,267 shares (66,805,066 voting rights (based on 1 voting right for every
US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 18.92%


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                        NIL
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease  NIL
to hold:
12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold     NIL
voting rights:

13. Additional information:                          (1)       The 268,197,219 shares comprise
                                                     267,220,267 shares held by Dover Investments Pte.
                                                     Ltd. ('Dover') and 976,952 shares held by Cavanagh
                                                     Investments Pte Ltd ('Cavanagh') as of 23 January
                                                     2008.  Dover is a wholly owned subsidiary of
                                                     Fullerton Management Pte Ltd ('FMPL') which is in
                                                     turn a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings
                                                     (Private) Limited ('Temasek'). Cavanagh is a wholly
                                                     owned subsidiary of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte
                                                     Ltd which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of
                                                     FMPL.

                                                     (2)       The 268,197,219 shares (67,049,304 voting
                                                     rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00
                                                     nominal value of shares) comprise 267,220,267 shares
                                                     (66,805,066 voting rights based on 1 voting right
                                                     for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) held by
                                                     Dover and 976,952 shares (244,238 voting rights
                                                     based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal
                                                     value of shares) held by Cavanagh as of 5 May 2008.

                                                     (3)   Notification using shares in issue figure of
                                                     1,412,139,628 (353,034,907 voting rights based on 1
                                                     voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of
                                                     shares) as at 29 April 2008.
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:
Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares


A:        Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)  STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
Contact address (registered office for legal
entities)                                            1 ALDERMANBURY SQUARE
                                                     LONDON EC2V 7SB
Phone number                                         0207 280 7483
Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)


B:        Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name                                            TERRY SKIPPEN
Contact address                                      STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
                                                     1 Basinghall Avenue
                                                     London, EC2V 5DD
Phone number                                         0207 885 7109
Other useful information (e.g. functional            GROUP CORPORATE SECRETARIAT
relationship with the person or legal entity subject
to the notification obligation)


C:        Additional information
NIL




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