09:35     STANCHART<02888> - Announcement & Resumption of Trading (7)         

    Markham; Ms. Ruth Markland; Mr. Hugh Edward Norton; Mr. Paul              
    David Skinner; and Mr. Oliver Henry James Stocken.                        
                                                                              
    This announcement has been issued by Standard Chartered and is            
    the sole responsibility of Standard Chartered.                            
                                                                              
    This announcement is for information purposes only and does not           
    constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of             
    any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction. This             
    announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or             
    the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire any securities             
    in the capital of Standard Chartered in the United States, Canada,        
    Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction in which such an offer             
    or solicitation is unlawful and should not be relied upon in              
    connection with any decision to acquire the Placing Shares or             
    any other securities in the capital of Standard Chartered. The            
    Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under             
    the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or under             
    the securities laws of any state of the United States and may             
    not be offered or sold within the United States unless they are           
    registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission or              
    an exemption from registration is available. No public offering           
    of the Placing Shares will be made in the United States.                  
                                                                              
    This announcement includes "forward-looking statements". All              
    statements other than statements of historical facts included             
    in this announcement, including, without limitation, those                
    regarding the Company's financial position, business strategy,            
    markets, plans and objectives of management for future                    
    operations (including plans for the integration and development           
    of Korea First Bank and other development plans and objectives            
    relating to the Company's products and services), are                     
    forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements               
    involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other                  
    important factors which could cause the actual results,                   
    performance or achievements of the Company or those markets and           
    economies to be materially different from future results,                 
    performance or achievements expressed or implied by such                  
    forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements               
    are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company's                 
    present and future business strategies and the environment                
    (including, in respect of Korea First Bank, economic and market           
    conditions in Korea) in which the Company will operate in the             
    future and such assumptions may or may not prove to be correct.           
    These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of             
    this announcement. The Company expressly disclaims any                    
    obligation (other than pursuant to the Listing Rules of the UKLA          
    or the Listing Rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) or                  
    undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any                
    forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any                
    change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any           
    change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such           
    statement is based.                                                       
                                                                              
    APPENDIX 1                                                                
                                                                              
    Further Information on the Placing                                        
                                                                              
    IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PLACEES ONLY REGARDING THE PLACING              
                                                                              
    MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING.       
    THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN ARE             
    DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHOSE ORDINARY ACTIVITIES INVOLVE THEM           
    IN ACQUIRING, HOLDING, MANAGING AND DISPOSING OF INVESTMENTS              
    (AS PRINCIPAL OR AGENT) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEIR BUSINESS AND            
    WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO                   
    INVESTMENTS AND WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL            
    SERVICES AND