Standard Chrtrd PLC - Total Voting Rights

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Standard Chartered PLC
31 March 2008

Standard Chartered PLC

Voting Rights and Capital

The following notification is made in accordance with the UK Financial Services
Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.

At close of business on 28 March 2008 the issued share capital of Standard
Chartered PLC consisted of:

99,250,000 81/4 per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1
each with no equity voting rights;

96,035,000 73/8 per cent non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1
each with no equity voting rights;

15,000 American Depository Shares representing 15,000 non-cumulative redeemable
preference shares of US$5 each with no equity voting rights; and

1,411,028,514 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each with voting rights of one vote for
every US$2 nominal value.

Standard Chartered PLC holds no shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Standard Chartered PLC is
352,757,128. This figure (352,757,128) may be used by shareholders to determine
the percentage of voting rights (one vote for every US$2 nominal value of
ordinary shares) they hold in Standard Chartered PLC and if they are required to
notify their interests, or a change to their interest, in Standard Chartered PLC
under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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