Standard Chartered PLC
18 May 2009
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
PUBLICATION OF FINAL TERMS
The Final Terms dated 13 May 2009 relating to the issue by Standard Chartered PLC on 18 May 2009 of US$1,500,000,000 5.50 per cent. notes due 2014 (the 'Notes') have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for viewing.
The Notes have been issued under the US$20 billion Debt Issuance Programme established by Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered First Bank Korea Limited.
Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange with effect from 18 May 2009.
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Stephen Atkinson
Head of Investor Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD
020 7885 7245
Arijit De
Head of Media Relations
1 Basinghall Avenue
London
EC2V 5DD
020 7885 7163
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
Please note that the information contained in the Final Terms may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the base prospectus dated 5 November 2008 (the 'Prospectus'), as supplemented by the supplemental prospectus dated 6 March 2009, the supplemental prospectus dated 1 April 2009 and the supplemental prospectus dated 11 May 2009) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Final Terms and/or the Prospectus you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.
This notice is not an offer of securities in or into the United States. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), or any relevant securities laws of any other jurisdiction in the United States. The Notes are being offered in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act ('Rule 144A') solely to qualified institutional buyers ('QIBs') as defined in Rule 144A and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. Neither the Final Terms nor the Prospectus (as so supplemented) may be accessed from, or transmitted in or into, the United States.
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