Result of AGM

Standard Chartered PLC
03 May 2007

                                 RESULT OF AGM

                  RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING



                              Thursday 3 May 2007



Standard Chartered PLC announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its
Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 3 May 2007, as set out in the AGM
notice.



A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required
majority. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) and 18 to 22b (inclusive) as ordinary
resolutions and Resolutions 15 - 17 as special resolutions were passed and the
results of the poll were as follows:


         Resolution                                                For               Against      Vote Withheld
1.           To receive the report and accounts                237,853,305           740,496            308,302
2.           To declare the final dividend                     238,539,982             4,718            356,764
3.           To approve the directors' remuneration            194,449,851        36,081,186          8,369,587
report
4.           To re-elect Sir CK Chow as a director             237,514,492         1,069,929            327,243
5.           To re-elect Mr J F T Dundas as a director         238,516,152            67,052            328,782
6.           To re-elect Ms R Markland as a director           238,463,362           118,529            328,928
7.           To re-elect Mr R H Meddings as a director         235,186,277           912,381          2,812,533
8.           To re-elect Mr K S Nargolwala as a director       235,154,601           931,162          2,811,483
9.           To re-elect Mr P D Skinner as a director          238,446,363           122,395            330,940
10.       To elect Lord Adair Turner as a director             238,433,033           129,866            334,630
11.       To re-appoint the auditor                            237,939,737           283,927            674,905
12.       To authorise the directors to set the                238,256,319           332,547            309,164
auditor's fees
13.       To authorise the directors to allot shares           232,271,082         6,146,916            476,207
14.       To extend the authority to allot shares              230,617,325         7,804,514            475,578
15.       To disapply pre-emption rights                       236,613,016         1,793,910            487,223
16.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             237,575,255           862,180            470,777
ordinary shares
17.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             237,585,823           834,863            474,065
preference shares
18.       To authorise the Company to make EU political        233,422,685         4,904,218            567,837
donations under s347C of the Companies Act 1985
19.       To authorise Standard Chartered Bank to make         233,405,842         4,739,487            749,094
EU political donations under s347D of the Companies Act
1985
20.       To approve the Waiver in respect of the              190,173,583         1,761,425         46,962,291
reporting and annual review requirements in respect of
Ongoing Banking Transactions with associates of Temasek
that the Company has not been able  to identify
21.       To approve the Waiver in respect of the              190,169,712         1,761,393         46,965,995
requirement to enter into fixed-term written agreements
with Temasek and its associates in respect of Ongoing
Banking Transactions
22a.  To ratify past Ongoing Banking Transactions with         190,304,986         1,752,454         46,598,369
Temasek and its associates
22b.  To approve future Ongoing Banking Transactions           190,170,855         1,762,657         46,722,619
with Temasek and its associates, including the waiver in
respect of the requirement to set an annual cap



As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was
1,386,567,798  shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the
holders to attend and vote for or against all Resolutions (other than
Resolutions 20 to 22b).  Save for Resolutions 20 to 22b, there were no
restrictions on any shareholders to cast votes on any of the Resolutions
proposed at the AGM, and there was no share entitling the holders to attend and
vote only against the Resolutions at the AGM.  The scrutineer of the poll was
Computershare Investor Services PLC.



Temasek and its associates control the exercise of 12 per cent of the voting
rights of the Company and had abstained from voting at the AGM in respect of
Resolutions 20 to 22b.



N.B. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every
member shall have one vote for every four shares held.



In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of the resolutions put to
shareholders at the AGM today has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:



               The Financial Services Authority

               25 The North Colonnade

               Canary Wharf

               London E14 5HS






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