Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
13 January 2005


                                   SCHEDULE 10

                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block letters.


1.  Name of company                               2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC                            THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC


3.Please state whether notification indicates     4.Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
  that it is in respect of holding of the           more than one holder, the number of
  shareholder named in 2 above or in respect        shares held by each of them
  of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of 
  an individual holder if it is a holding of that 
  person's spouse or children under the age of 18

THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 AND ITS FOUR            SEE ATTACHED LIST
AFFILIATES, CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A., CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL, INC., CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED AND CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY


5. Number of shares/amounts 6. Percentage of      7. Number of shares/      8.Percentage of
   of stock acquired           issued class          amounts of stock         issued class
                                                     disposed

   5,388,930                   0.46%                 N/A                       N/A


9. Class of security                              10. Date of transaction  11. Date company
                                                                               informed

ORDINARY SHARES OF USD0.50 EACH                       11 JANUARY 2005          13 JANUARY 2005


12. Total holding following this notification      13. Total percentage holding of issued
                                                       class following this notification

52,188,384                                         4.43%


14. Any additional information                     15. Name of contact and telephone number
                                                       for queries

N/A                                                BRIDGET CREEGAN  020 7280 6119


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

..................  TERRY SKIPPEN
                    ASSISTANT GROUP SECRETARY



Date of notification: 13 JANUARY 2005


The Capital Group Companies, Inc


Capital International S.A.


Registered Holders                                                       Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                            14,500
Bank of New York Nominees                                                21,800
Northern Trust                                                           11,700
Chase Nominees Limited                                                1,411,376
Midland Bank plc                                                        253,242
Barclays Bank                                                           179,800
Pictet & Cie                                                             19,500
Citibank London                                                          14,000
Brown Bros.                                                              44,800
Nortrust Nominees                                                        13,200
Morgan Stanley                                                           20,400
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                   97,900
JP Morgan                                                             1,322,918
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                            45,900
National Westminster Bank                                                24,500
Lloyds Bank                                                              33,600
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                       50,400
Citibank NA                                                              16,800
Deutsche Bank AG                                                         36,500
HSBC Bank plc                                                           290,300
HSBC                                                                      5,200
                                                                      3,928,336


Capital International, Inc

Registered Holders                                                       Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                         1,515,709
Bank of New York Nominees                                               412,188
Northern Trust                                                           15,500
Chase Nominees Limited                                                1,213,620
Midland Bank plc                                                        135,800
Bankers Trust                                                            13,400
Citibank London                                                          31,900
Brown Bros                                                              123,300
Nortrust Nominees                                                       478,800
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                  104,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                            266,215
Sumitomo Trust & Banking                                                 34,800
Citibank                                                                 11,300
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                       22,900
Citibank NA                                                             155,997
HSBC Bank plc                                                           120,430
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                    202,000
                                                                      4,857,859



Capital International Limited

Registered Holders                                                       Shares

State Street Nominees Ltd                                               491,919
Bank of New York Nominees                                             4,148,794
Northern Trust                                                        1,103,536
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                    2,348,777
Midland Bank plc                                                        120,100
Bankers Trust                                                           274,800
Barclays Bank                                                            46,000
Citibank London                                                         594,322
Morgan Guaranty                                                         171,300
Nortrust Nominees                                                     2,847,420
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                  412,100
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     22,800
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                           613,500
National Westminster Bank                                                17,200
Lloyds Bank                                                              11,400
Citibank                                                                 38,088
Citibank NA                                                              39,100
Deutsche Bank AG                                                      1,134,738
Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited                                          69,300
HSBC Bank plc                                                           769,700
Mellon Bank NA                                                          133,693
Northern Trust AVFC                                                      27,300
KAS UK                                                                   72,700
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                            222,100
Bank One London                                                         129,300
Clydesdale Bank plc                                                     100,300
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                     22,300
                                                                     15,982,587



Capital Guardian Trust Company

Registered Holders                                                       Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                         4,067,800
Bank of New York Nominees                                               949,458
Northern Trust                                                          266,324
Chase Nominees Limited                                               11,827,385
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                            432,798
Midland Bank PLC                                                      2,977,250
Cede & Co.                                                               45,100
Bankers Trust                                                         1,159,200
Barclays Bank                                                           139,700
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                             3,558,162
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                   46,800
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     35,500
Citibank                                                                  5,400
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                        1,700
Citibank NA                                                              32,500
Deutsche Bank AG                                                          2,200
HSBC Bank plc                                                               100
Mellon Bank NA                                                           88,400
ROY Nominees Limited                                                     26,200
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                            871,800
HSBC                                                                     20,000
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                    865,825
                                                                     27,419,602




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