Rights Issue Prospectus

RNS Number : 0032J

Standard Chartered PLC

26 November 2008

 



NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR SWITZERLAND OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THE PRESS RELEASE. 

26 November 2008

Standard Chartered PLC

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

The following prospectus has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at their Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS:

Prospectus dated 26 November 2008 relating to a 30 for 91 rights issue of up to 470 million New Ordinary Shares at 390 pence each by Standard Chartered PLC.

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http://investors.standardchartered.com/

Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meanings in this announcement.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to acquire, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares or to take up any entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. 

This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution to persons in the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, or Switzerland and should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations.

This announcement does not constitute an offer for sale of securities of the Company in the United States, Canada, India, South Africa or Switzerland. Such securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration thereunder. 

The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letters and/or the transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Ordinary Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

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