Result of AGM

Standard Chartered PLC
05 May 2006



                                 RESULT OF AGM
                  RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


Thursday 4 May 2006


Standard Chartered PLC announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its
Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 4 May 2006, as set out in the AGM
notice.


Each of the resolutions was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 14
(inclusive) and 18 to 21 (inclusive) as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15
- 17 as special resolutions were passed on a show of hands.


Details are set out below of the proxy votes received by Standard Chartered PLC
before the AGM in respect of all resolutions.


A copy of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM today has been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

               The Financial Services Authority
               25 The North Colonnade
               Canary Wharf
               London E14 5HS


PROXIES RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF AGM RESOLUTIONS


         Resolution                                             For             Against        Vote Withheld
1.           To receive the report and accounts                191,476,892           860,757            415,840
2.           To declare the final dividend                     192,696,929               138             56,422
3.           To approve the directors' remuneration            180,868,555         6,098,399          5,812,686
             report
4.           To elect Mr E M Davies as a director              191,690,748         1,014,082             48,659
5.           To elect Mr M B DeNoma as a director              191,672,329         1,029,442             51,718
6.           To re-elect Mr P A Sands as a director            191,690,869         1,010,489             51,926
7.           To re-elect Sir CK Chow as a director             191,937,282           765,103             51,104
8.           To re-elect Mr R H P Markham as a director        191,918,833           784,165             50,491
9.           To re-elect Mr H E Norton as a director           189,441,924         2,049,092          1,262,473
10.       To re-elect Mr B K Sanderson as a director           188,914,575         1,038,755          2,800,156
11.       To re-appoint the auditor                            191,674,567         1,014,941             35,895
12.       To authorise the directors to set the                191,735,345           983,592             34,465
          auditor's fees
13.       To authorise the directors to allot shares           190,397,099         2,228,411            102,973
14.       To extend the authority to allot shares              190,693,426         1,910,813            124,157
15.       To disapply pre-emption rights                       192,232,140           356,982            164,366
16.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             192,015,995           696,226             41,268
          ordinary shares
17.       To authorise the Company to buy back its             192,036,862           603,803            112,719
          preference shares
18.       To authorise the Company to make EU political        189,066,595         3,408,905            277,718
          donations under s347C of the Companies Act 1985
19.       To authorise Standard Chartered Bank to make         189,019,337         3,426,891            282,064
          EU political donations under s347D of the Companies 
          Act 1985
20.       To approve amendments to rules of the Standard       181,915,437         5,056,554          5,807,900
          Chartered 2001 Performance Share Plan
21.       To approve the Standard Chartered 2006               185,960,658         5,947,439            815,698
          Restricted Share Scheme





N.B. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every
member shall have one vote for every four shares held.


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