7th Aug 2006 15:49
Standard Chartered PLC07 August 2006 As notified to Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") on 20 July 2006, the saleand purchase agreement between the estate of the late Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat ("Estate"), Goodwood Park Hotel Limited ("Goodwood"), Glen Holdings (Pte)Limited ("Glen") and certain other persons (together, the "Sellers") and TemasekHoldings (Private) Limited ("Temasek") contains certain provisions which meanthat until 20 January 2007, under technical Companies Act provisions, theSellers are treated as interested by attribution in the ordinary shares in whichTemasek is interested and vice versa. The Company was notified on 3 August 2006 by Temasek that the particularscontained in their notification dated 27 March 2006 as updated by theirnotification dated 20 July 2006 had changed and the identity of the registeredholder of the 152,399,222 shares was now Dover Investments Pte Ltd ("Dover"), awholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek. As a result, the Company was also notified on 4 August 2006 by the Sellers thatthey had been notified that the registered holder of the 152,399,222 shares inwhich they are treated as interested in by attribution is now Dover. For further information, please contact: Sean Farrell, Head, Media Relations+44 20 7280 [email protected] Romy Murray, Head, Investor Relations+44 20 7280 [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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