Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8258I

Standard Chartered PLC

11 December 2015


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ			Standard Chartered PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				ü
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
Other (please specify):	See Additional Information in Box 13			ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ		Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited Fullerton Management Pte Ltd Dover Investments Pte. Ltd.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		Nortrust Nominees Limited Lynchwood Nominees Limited Chase Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		10 December 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		Above 17% to 15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD USD 0.50

402,151,076

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

100,537,769

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

NIL

129,262,845

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

NIL

15.77%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

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 ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

NIL

Nominal

Delta

NIL


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
129,262,845 (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares)	15.77%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Indirect) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13) Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Indirect) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13) Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Indirect through the nominees listed in Box 4) - 517,051,383 shares (129,262,845 voting rights (based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 15.77% (See Additional Information in Box 13)

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) 517,051,383 shares are held by Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Dover") through the nominees listed in Box 4 as of 11 December 2015. 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 3,277,989,327 (819,497,331 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) as at close of business on 10 December 2015. (3) The change in the holding of Dover, FMPL and Temasek from 17.19% to 15.77% is as a result of a combination of (i) increased number of shares and voting rights in issue pursuant to the rights issue; and (ii) a disposal/termination of a right to recall lent 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 7456
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Lee Davis
Contact address	Standard Chartered PLC 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD
Phone number	020 7885 7456
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Group Corporate Secretariat