Results of Placing

Standard Chartered PLC
29 September 2006

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC



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Standard Chartered PLC ('Standard Chartered')


Results of the Placing of New Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each ('Placing Shares')
by Standard Chartered



Placing Price set at 1375 pence per Placing Share


29 September 2006



Further to the announcement made earlier today regarding the placing of Placing
Shares in Standard Chartered to finance the acquisition of Hsinchu International
Bank (the 'Announcement'), the Placing Price has now been determined following
the completion of the Bookbuilding Process.



Standard Chartered confirms that 48,500,000 Placing Shares have been placed at
1375 pence per Placing Share.  Based on this price the gross proceeds receivable
by Standard Chartered are GBP666.8million. The Placing Shares being issued
represent approximately 3.646 per cent of Standard Chartered's issued ordinary
share capital prior to the Placing.



Application has been made for, and the placing is conditional on, admission of
the Placing Shares to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority
and to being admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's market for
listed securities ('UK Admission'). Application has been made to The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the
Placing Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is expected that UK Admission
will become effective and dealings will commence in the Placing Shares on the
London Stock Exchange at 8.00am on 4 October 2006.





CONTACTS:



Investors
Stephen Atkinson                                            Ruth Naderer
Head of Investor Relations                                  Head of Investor
Relations, Asia Pacific
[phone]                                        [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



Press
Sean Farrell                                                Rita Lui
Head of Media Relations                                     Head of Corporate
Affairs, Hong Kong
[phone]                                        [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



Roland Rudd                                                 Simon Moyse
Finsbury                                                    Finsbury
[phone]                                        [phone]
3801
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



Advisors and Joint Lead Managers
Jim Rushton                                                 Tim Waddell
UBS                                                         UBS
[phone]                                        [phone]



William Chalmers                                            Paul Baker
Morgan Stanley                                              Morgan Stanley
[phone]                                        [phone]



Joint Lead Managers
John Paytner                                                Phil Raper
JPMorgan Cazenove                                           Goldman Sachs
[phone]                                        [phone]





Defined terms in this announcement have, unless the context otherwise requires,
the same meaning given to them in the Announcement.



This announcement has been issued by Standard Chartered and is the sole
responsibility of Standard Chartered.



Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, UBS Limited, Goldman Sachs
International and JPMorgan Cazenove Limited are acting exclusively for the
Company and no-one else in connection with the acquisition and the Placing, and
will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to their respective clients nor for providing advice in
relation to the acquisition or the Placing or any other matter referred to in
this announcement.



This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an
offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of any securities or investment
advice in any jurisdiction.



This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the
solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities in the United
States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is unlawful and should not be relied upon in connection with any
decision to acquire the Placing Shares or any other Standard Chartered
securities.  The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and
will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the 'U.S.
Securities Act') and may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United
States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.  No public offering of
the Placing Shares will be made in the United States.


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