Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
08 March 2007



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          Yes


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     N/A


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    7 March 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    8 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      Temasek Holdings - From 11% to 12%

                                                     Fullerton Management Pte Ltd - From 11% to 12%

                                                     Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. - Above 11%

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    Direct

                    153,324,146   38,331,036  NIL           NIL          41,537,670  NIL       12.00%
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

41,537,670 (Based on 1 voting right for every        12.00%
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 (Indirect) - 166,150,682 shares (41,537,670 voting rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00
nominal value of shares) = 12.00% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)

Fullerton Management Private Limited (Indirect) - 166,150,682 shares (41,537,670 voting rights based on 1 voting right
for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) = 12.00% (See (2) in Additional Information in Box 13)

Dover Investments Pte. Ltd. (Direct) - 165,191,294 shares (41,297,823 voting rights) = 11.93%




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                          N/A
to hold:

12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                             N/A
voting rights:

13. Additional information:                          (1)       The 153,324,146 shares comprise
                                                     152,399,222 shares held by Dover Investments Pte Ltd
                                                     ('Dover') and 924,924 shares held by Cavanagh
                                                     Investments Pte Ltd ('Cavanagh') as of 27 March 2006
                                                     but do not include 41,790 shares held by The Rohatyn
                                                     Group Asia Opportunity Fund, Ltd ('TRG').  The
                                                     shares held by TRG had been included in the s.198
                                                     notification dated 27 Mar 2006.  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 Asia
                                                     Financial Holdings Pte Ltd which is in turn a wholly
                                                     owned subsidiary of FMPL.TRG is not an undertaking
                                                     controlled by Temasek.

                                                     (2)       The 166,150,682 shares (41,537,670 voting
                                                     rights based on 1 voting right for every US$2.00
                                                     nominal value of shares) comprise 165,191,294 shares
                                                     (41,297,823 voting rights based on 1 voting right
                                                     for every US$2.00 nominal value of shares) held by
                                                     Dover and 959,388 shares (239,847 voting rights)
                                                     held by Cavanagh as of 7 March 2007.

                                                     Notification using shares in issue figure of
                                                     1,384,731,080 (346,182,770 voting rights based on 1
                                                     voting right for every US$2.00 nominal value of
                                                     shares).
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                                            MR TERRY SKIPPEN
Contact address                                      STANDARD CHARTERED PLC, 1 ALDERMANBURY SQUARE,
                                                     LONDON EC2V 7SB
Phone number                                         0207 280 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
N/A




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