Holding in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
29 September 2000

                        SCHEDULE 10
                             
         NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
                             

1.  Name of company           2. Name of shareholder
                              having a major interest
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC        
                              TAN SRI KHOO TECK PUAT
                              
3.Please state whether        4.Name of the registered
notification indicates that     holder(s) and, if
it is in                        more than one holder,                     
respect of holding of the       the number of shares held by them       
shares held by each of
or in respect of a non-       
beneficial interest or in     
the case of an individual 
holder if it is a holding of that         See attached list
person'spouse or children under
the age of 18

The shareholder named
in 2. above

5. Number of    6.            7. Number of     8.Percentage
shares/amounts  Percentage    shares/amounts   of Issued
of stock        of  issued    of stock         class
acquired        class         disposed         
                                                    N/A
     N/A             N/A           N/A
                              
                             
9. Class of security          10. Date of        11. Date of
                                  transaction        company informed
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH                  
                                   N/A      
                                                     29 September
                                                     2000

12. Total holding following   13. Total percentage holding
this notification             of issued class following this
   157,329,714                notification
                                        13.98%
                             
14. Any additional            15. Name of contact and
information                       telephone number
                                  for queries
The notification states that  
in view of the recent cash        TERRY SKIPPEN  020 7280 7109
placing of 50,000,000 shares
by Standard Chartered PLC
the interest of the
shareholder named in 2 above
has reduced to 13.98%.

16. Name and signature of authorised company official
responsible for making this notification

............L E Young, Assistant Group Secretary

Date of notification: 29 September 2000