Stabilisation Notice

Standard Chartered PLC
07 March 2008



4th March 2008

Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or 
any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful.


                            STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
                             Stabilisation Notice

Standard Chartered Bank (Contact: Ann Chiam (Tel: [phone], 
Email: [e-mail]) hereby gives notice that the Stabilising 
Manager(s) named below may stabilise the offer of the following securities in 
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market 
Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC).


The securities:

Issuer:                         Standard Chartered PLC
Guarantor (if any):             Nil
Aggregate nominal amount:       EURO750M
Description:                    4.875% NOTES DUE 11 MARCH 2011
Reoffer price:                  99.883
Other offer terms:
Stabilisation:

Stabilising Managers):          Barclays Capital; 5 The North Colonnade; 
                                Canary Wharf, London E14 4BB

                                Standard Chartered Bank; Global Markets, 
                                6 Battery Road, #03-00, Singapore 049909

                                UBS Limited; 100 Liverpool Street, London 
                                EC2M 2RH

Stabilisation period 
expected to start on:           4th March 2008 

Stabilisation period 
expected to end no later than:  4th April 2008 

Existence, maximum size and     5% of the aggregate nominal amount stated above.
conditions of use of over-   
allotment facility.     

In connection with the offer of the above securities, the Stabilising Manager(s)
may over-allot the securities or effect transactions with a view to supporting
the market price of the securities at a level higher than that which might
otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising 

Manager(s) will take any stabilisation action and any stabilisation action, if
begun, may be ended at any time. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment
shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and rules. This
announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an
invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose
of any securities of the Issuer in any jurisdiction.

This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are only
addressed to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and persons in
the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters related to
investments or who are high net worth persons within article 12(5) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 and
must not be acted on or relied on by other person? in the United Kingdom. In
addition, if and to the extent that this announcement is communicated in, or the
offer of the securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA Member State
that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable
implementing measures in any Member State, the 'Prospectus Directive') before
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which hag been
approved by the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the
Prospectus Directive (or which has been approved by a competent authority in
another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member
State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), this announcement and the
offer are only addressed to and directed at persons in that Member State who are
qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (or who are
other persons to whom the offer may lawfully be addressed) and must not be acted
on or relied on by other persons in that Member State,

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States.
The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an exemption from registration. There will be no
public offer of securities in the United States.

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