Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
24 March 2004

                                   SCHEDULE 10 
 
                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
 
 
All relevant boxes should be completed in block letters. 
 

                                                                                                                      
  1. Name of company                                           2. Name of shareholder having a major interest         
                                                                                                                      
  STANDARD CHARTERED PLC                                       THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC                       
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
  3.Please state whether notification indicates that it is     4.Name of the registered holder(s) and, if             
  in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2          more than one holder, the number of                    
  above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in       shares held by each of them                            
  the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of                                                              
  that person's spouse or children under the age of 18                                                                
                                                               SEE ATTACHED LIST                                      
  THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 AND ITS FOUR AFFILIATES,                                                                 
  CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A., CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INC.,                                                             
  CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST                                                            
  COMPANY                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                      
  5. Number of shares/amounts              6. Percentage of    7. Number of shares/                 8.Percentage of   
  of stock acquired                        issued class        amounts of stock                     issued class      
                                                               disposed                                               
  14,320,689                                                                                                          
                                           1.1%                N/A                                  N/A               
 

                                                                                                                      
  9. Class of security                             10. Date of transaction                         11. Date company   
                                                                                                   informed           
  ORDINARY SHARES OF USD0.50 EACH                  22 MARCH 2004                                   24 MARCH 2004      
                                                                                                                      
  12. Total holding following this notification    13. Total percentage holding of issued class                       
  53,798,237                                       following this notification                                        
                                                   4.58%                                                              
 

                                                                                                                      
  14. Any additional information                                                        15. Name of contact and       
                                                                                        telephone number              
  N/A                                                                                   for queries                   
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                        SHARON O'DONOVAN 020 7280 7110
                                                                                                                      
  16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this                                   
  notification                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
  ................................................................. JULIE BAMFORD                                     
                                                                    DEPUTY GROUP SECRETARY                              
                                                               
                                                                                                                      
  Date of notification: 24 MARCH 2004                                                                                 
 

The Capital Group Companies, Inc

 
Capital International S.A. 
                                                                                   
                                      Registered Holders                   Shares      
                                      State Street Nominees Limited         8,600  
                                      Chase Nominees Limited            1,772,076  
                                      Midland Bank PLC                    221,884  
                                      Barclays Bank                       237,500  
                                      Pictet & Cie, Geneva                  9,500  
                                      Citibank London                      10,800  
                                      Brown Bros.                          46,100  
                                      Nortrust Nominees                    11,500  
                                      Morgan Stanley                       18,000  
                                      Royal Bank of Scotland              156,900  
                                      JP Morgan                           583,818  
                                      State Street Bank & Trust Co.        69,600  
                                      National Westminster Bank            43,200  
                                      Lloyds Bank                          47,400  
                                      RBSTB Nominees Limited               31,500  
                                      Citibank NA                          27,000  
                                      Deutsche Bank AG                     15,200  
                                      HSBC Bank PLC                       159,600  
                                                                         3,470,178 
 
Capital International, Inc 
                                                                                  
                                      Registered Holders                   Shares      
                                      State Street Nominees Limited     1,900,283  
                                      Bank of New York Nominees           571,557  
                                      Northern Trust                       28,500  
                                      Chase Nominees Limited            1,974,946  
                                      Midland Bank PLC                    103,600  
                                      Deutsche Bank Mannheim               23,800  
                                      Bankers Trust                        24,800  
                                      Citibank London                      74,500  
                                      Nortrust Nominees                   515,900  
                                      Royal Bank of Scotland              154,900  
                                      State Street Bank & Trust Co.       367,915  
                                      RBSTB Nominees Limited               26,000  
                                      Citibank NA                         276,297  
                                      HSBC Bank PLC                       142,031  
                                      JP Morgan Chase Bank                131,100  
                                                                       6,316,129   
Capital International Limited 
                                      Registered Holders                   Shares      
                                      State Street Nominees Limited       401,900  
                                      Bank of New York Nominees         2,672,029  
                                      Northern Trust                      286,801  
                                      Chase Nominees Limited            1,401,277  
                                      Midland Bank PLC                     49,400  
                                      Bankers Trust                       214,700  
                                      Barclays Bank                        49,200  
                                      Citibank London                     149,000  
                                      Morgan Guaranty                     116,400  
                                      Nortrust Nominees                 1,575,020  
                                      Royal Bank of Scotland              292,700  
                                      State Street Bank & Trust Co        357,800  
                                      Deutsche Bank AG                    691,100  
                                      HSBC Bank PLC                       343,500  
                                      Mellon Bank NA                       38,293  
                                      KAS UK                               30,500  
                                      Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited        177,600  
                                      Bank One London                      42,600  
                                      Clydesdale Bank PLC                  41,100  
                                                                         8,930,920 
Capital Guardian Trust Company
                                      Registered Holders                    Shares      
                                      State Street Nominees Limited      5,403,900 
                                      Bank of New York Nominees          1,036,558 
                                      Chase Nominees Limited            15,362,583 
                                      BT Globenet Nominees Limited         426,298 
                                      Midland Bank PLC                   4,932,640 
                                      Cede & Co.                             5,600 
                                      Deutsche Bank Mannheim                   900 
                                      Bankers Trust                      1,439,500 
                                      Barclays Bank                        227,200 
                                      Citibank London                      108,700 
                                      Nortrust Nominees Limited          4,830,851 
                                      Royal Bank of Scotland                43,200 
                                      MSS Nominees Limited                  39,000 
                                      State Street Bank & Trust Co.         27,200 
                                      RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                    1,700 
                                      Deutsche Bank AG                       2,200 
                                      HSBC Bank PLC                          3,680 
                                      Mellon Bank NA                        85,700 
                                      ROY Nominees Limited                  35,600 
                                      Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited       1,036,200 
                                      HSBC                                  28,000 
                                      JP Morgan Chase Bank                   3,800 
                                                                        35,081,010 
 
 
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