Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Standard Chartered PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Dodge & Cox

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

January 15, 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

January 16, 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0004082847

122,253,653

125,858,653

5.09%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

125,858,653

5.09%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

Standard Chartered PLC

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

1 Basinghall Avenue,London, EC2V 5DD.

Phone number

020 7885 7456

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Lee Davis

Contact address

Standard Chartered PLC

1 Basinghall Avenue,London, EC2V 5DD

Phone number

020 7885 7456

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Group Corporate Secretariat

C: Additional information