Holding(s) in Company

Standard Chartered PLC
22 August 2006



As notified to Standard Chartered PLC (the 'Company') on 20 July 2006, the sale
and 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 Temasek
Holdings (Private) Limited ('Temasek') contains certain provisions which mean
that until 20 January 2007, under technical Companies Act provisions, the
Sellers are treated as interested by attribution in the ordinary shares in which
Temasek is interested and vice versa.

The Company was notified on 17 August 2006 by Temasek that the particulars
contained in their notification dated 27 March 2006 as updated by their
notification dated 20 July 2006 had changed and the identity of the registered
holder of the 152,399,222 shares was now Nortrust Nominees Limited.

As a result, the Company was also notified on 21 August 2006 by the Sellers that
they had been notified that the registered holder of the 152,399,222 shares in
which they are treated as interested in by attribution is now Nortrust Nominees
Limited.


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