Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5742H

Standard Chartered PLC

20 May 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Standard Chartered Plc GB0004082847
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			ü
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited Fullerton Management Pte Ltd Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Nortust Nominees Limited Lynchwood Nominees Limited Chase Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	13 May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited - From 18% to 17% Fullerton Management Pte Ltd - From 18% to 17% Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. - From 18% to 17%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD USD 0.50

438,346,486

(See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13)

109,586,621

(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

NIL

109,586,621

(based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

NIL

17.75%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

NIL

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/
Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

NIL

Nominal

Delta

NIL

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

109,586,621 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)

17.75%

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)- 438,346,486 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) =17.75% (See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13) Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect)- 438,346,486 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) =17.75% (See (1) in Additional Information in Box 13) Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Indirect through the nominees listed in Box 4) - 438,346,486 shares (109,586,621 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)= 17.75%

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

13. Additional information:	(1) The 438,346,486 shares are held by Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Dover") through the nominees listed in Box 4 as of 19 May 2014. 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"). (2) Notification using shares in issue figure of 2,468,369,348 (617,092,337 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) as at close of business on 13 May 2014.

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 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD.
Phone number	020 7885 7154
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Alex Raistrick
Contact address	Standard Chartered PLC 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD
Phone number	020 7885 7154
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Group Corporate Secretariat