Director Declaration

29 December 2011

Standard Chartered PLC

As required by Listing Rule 9.6.14, Standard Chartered PLC ('the Company') announces that it received notification today from John Paynter, a non-executive director of the Company, that he has been appointed a non-executive director of Standard Life plc, with effect from 1 January 2012. John Paynter will also be appointed as chairman of Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited where he has served as a non-executive director since December 2010.

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