Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
05 November 2002



                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

AVS NO

                             STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

Standard Chartered PLC received notification on 4 November 2002 that Prudential
plc and all of its subsidiary companies no longer have a notifiable interest in
the issued share capital of the Company.


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D A Harvey
Assistant Group Secretary
5 November 2002


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