Result of AGM

Standard Chartered PLC
07 May 2008

                                 RESULT OF AGM

                  RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING



                              Wednesday 7 May 2008



Standard Chartered PLC announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its
Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 7 May 2008, 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 15 (inclusive) and 20 to 21 (inclusive) as ordinary
resolutions and Resolutions 16 - 19 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                  254,522,605           920,463          3,810,447
2.         To declare the final dividend                       258,907,323             4,569            341,960
3.         To approve the directors' remuneration              231,789,489        15,918,038         11,546,725
           report
4.         To re-elect Mr M B DeNoma as a director             251,512,756           549,780          7,156,809
5.         To re-elect Miss V F Gooding as a director          258,345,255           621,710            284,524
6.         To re-elect Mr R H P Markham as a director          258,406,664           543,335            285,242
7.         To re-elect Mr P A Sands as a director              258,269,328           545,216            416,886
8.         To re-elect Mr O H J Stocken as a director          258,351,944           613,734            287,287
9.         To elect Mr G R Bullock as a director               258,288,942           547,550            414,926
10.       To elect Mr S B Mittal as a director                 258,430,060           533,890            280,857
11.       To elect Mr J W Peace as a director                  258,425,465           535,480            281,878
12.       To re-appoint the auditor                            258,616,038           358,230            268,668
13.       To authorise the directors to set the                258,594,315           378,007            273,431
          auditor's fees
14.       To authorise the directors to allot shares           255,576,054         3,396,298            271,466
15.       To extend the authority to allot shares              253,267,739         5,702,579            274,183
16.       To disapply pre-emption rights                       257,710,931         1,171,398            358,056
17.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             258,448,143           522,235            274,841
          ordinary shares
18.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             258,476,572           490,159            276,048
          preference shares
19.       To authorise the Company to adopt new Articles       258,135,617           746,177            360,171
          of Association
20.       To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries        255,143,546         3,652,963            448,681
          to make political donations.
21.       To authorise the Company to offer the share          258,699,196           190,921            355,405
          dividend alternative



As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was
1,412,174,014 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders
to attend and vote for or against all Resolutions.  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.



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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