Election Form
THIS ELECTION FORM IS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are not sure what to do, please contact an appropriate independent professional adviser. This election form should be read in conjunction with the 2008 Interim Dividend document
(the ‘Dividend document’). If you have sold, transferred or purchased ordinary shares in Standard Chartered PLC (the ‘Company’) before 13 August 2008 but that sale, transfer or purchase
is not reflected in (1) below, please refer to the Dividend document. A copy of the Dividend document is available online at
http://www.standardchartered.com.hk/investor-relations/news-and-hong-kong-stock-exchange-announcements/2008/en/index.html.
Interim dividend of 25.67 US cents per existing Ordinary Share (‘interim dividend’).
Election to receive the interim dividend in cash in either Hong Kong dollars, US dollars or sterling or in fully paid new ordinary shares of
US$0.50 each (‘new shares’) in the Company
Standard Chartered PLC
Registered Office:
1 Aldermanbury Square
London EC2V 7SB
Registered in England and Wales
(Company No. 966425)
Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:
32nd Floor
4-4A Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong
Shareholder Helpline: 2862 8555
You can check your holding at
www.computershare.com.hk
Shareholder Reference Number:
ENTITLEMENT ADVICE
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Number of ordinary shares The maximum number of Maximum cash dividend Cash balance to be carried ATTENTION
registered in your name(s) at new shares you are entitled to available (including cash forward to the next dividend – partial election only –
the opening of business on receive on 9 October 2008 at balance brought forward) if you choose to receive the
number of new shares see Dividend document
15 August 2008 US$26.0148 (£14.00) per share
shown in (2)
(note 4)
US$ US$
PLEASE NOTE: You should not complete this election form if you have previously elected, and still wish, to receive your interim dividend in cash in Hong Kong dollars (or in US dollars or in sterling). If you
want to alter your existing standing instructions, please refer to the Dividend document.
You can elect to receive your interim dividend in new shares or in cash in either Hong Kong dollars, US dollars or sterling. Please tick the relevant box(es) below to make
your election.
ELECTION OPTIONS (note 5) Please tick (as appropriate)
Option A:
Tick this box if you want to elect to receive the maximum number of new shares available to you under this share dividend offer Box A
Option B:
Tick this box if you want to put a standing instruction in place to receive all future dividend payments in new shares Box B
Option C:
Tick this box if you want your cash balance following payment of your interim dividend in new shares to be given to charity Box C
Option D:
Only tick this box if you want any cash part of your interim dividend (shown in (3)), future dividend payments and any
other cash balance owing to you to be paid to you in US dollars Box D
Option E:
Only tick this box if you want any cash part of your interim dividend (shown in (3)), future dividend payments and any
other cash balance owing to you to be paid to you in sterling Box E
Alternatively, you can give instructions for this dividend through our branch registrar’s Investor Centre at www.computershare.com/hk/investors by 4.00pm on Monday 22
September 2008. Before using this facility you will need to register with the Investor Centre and should do this without delay to ensure your instructions are received prior
to the deadline given.
ELECTION
To the Directors of Standard Chartered PLC
I am/We are the registered holder(s) of ordinary shares in Standard Chartered PLC at the opening of business on 15 August 2008. If I/we have ticked box A, I/we wish to receive the whole of my/our cash
dividend entitlement in new shares. If I/we have put a number in (5), I/we have made an election to receive new shares on the number of shares shown in (5) and the balance of my/our dividend entitlement
in cash. I/We understand that my/our election to receive new shares is dependent on the new shares being listed by the UK Listing Authority and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and admitted
to trading on the London Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited by 9 October 2008. If I/we have ticked box B, I/we wish to receive the whole of my/our future cash dividend
entitlements in new shares, If I/we have ticked box C, I/we wish my/our cash balance to be given to the charity specified in the Dividend document. If I/we have ticked box D, I/we wish to receive any cash
part of the interim dividend, future cash dividends and any other cash balance owing to me/us in US dollars. If I/we have ticked box E, I/we wish to receive any cash part of the interim dividend, future
cash dividends and any other cash balance owing to me/us in sterling. I/We understand that by ticking box B, C, D or E, I/we have made a standing instruction which will remain in place until I/we cancel
it in writing.
I/We understand that this election is subject to the terms of the Dividend document, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and submitting my/our election(s) means these my/our
instructions are/is irrevocable in so far as it relates to the payment of the interim dividend.
I/We authorise you or your agent to send at my/our risk by first class post a definitive share certificate for any new shares allotted to me/us in accordance with this form.
I/We declare that I am/we are not resident in any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong where acceptance of the share dividend offer would require the Company to comply with any government or regulatory
procedures or any similar formalities arising out of this election, nor do I/we hold the ordinary shares to which this form relates as nominee or trustee for any beneficial owner who is so resident.
SIGNATURE(S) OF REGISTERED HOLDER(S)* (note 7)
Holder 1 Holder 2
Holder 3 Holder 4
Date
*Note: In the case of joint holders ALL must sign. In the case of a corporation, this form should be executed under its common seal in accordance with its Articles of Association, or be signed by two duly
authorised officers whose authority and capacity must be stated.
Please enter here a daytime telephone number where you can be contacted in the event of any
query arising from completion of this form.
Please make an electronic election by visiting our branch registrar’s website at www.computershare.com/hk/investors
or alternatively return your printed election form by hand or post to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited,
Rooms 1806-1807, 18th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
(Telephone: 2862 8555)
THIS FORM OR ELECTRONIC ELECTION MADE ONLINE MUST BE RECEIVED BY OUR BRANCH REGISTRAR IN HONG KONG
NO LATER THAN 4.00PM ON MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2008
General Information
1. Shareholder Helpline
If you have any queries about this document or how to complete this form, you can call the Shareholder Helpline on 2862 8555 between 9.00am
and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. The helpline will not give advice on the merits of the share dividend offer or give any financial advice.
2. Submitting your election form
Making an electronic election online
You are now able to submit your instructions for the interim dividend online through our branch registrar’s Investor Centre at www.computershare.com/hk/investors but before
you can use this facility you will need to register your details with the Investor Centre. The benefit of doing this online is that you can log on and change your preferences throughout
the share dividend offer until 4.00pm on Monday 22 September 2008. For further details on how to make an electronic election, please see page 9 of the Dividend document.
Completing a printed election form
You may still complete this printed form, date and sign the form and return it to our branch registrar at Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Rooms 1806-1807,
18th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. However, please note that if you submit a printed form to our branch registrar you will not be
able to cancel or amend it once it is received. For your election options, please see note 5 below. For further details on how to complete this form please see pages 6 to 11
of the Dividend document. Please read this document carefully as it gives details on how your entitlement to new shares has been calculated.
Please note your instructions for this share dividend offer must be received by our branch registrar by 4.00pm on Monday 22 September 2008.
If you do not elect one of the options or otherwise fail to make a valid election (including if you choose more than one currency) your dividend will be paid to
you in accordance with your existing standing instructions.
3. Interim Dividend
You will receive the interim dividend on the number of ordinary shares registered in your name on the Company’s branch registrar at the opening of business on 15 August 2008.
Dividend cheques and share certificates will be posted on 8 October 2008. On 9 October 2008 the interim dividend in cash will be paid, CCASS accounts will be credited with
new shares and the new shares will be listed and dealing in new shares will start.
4. Share Dividend
The Dividend document gives full details of how the share dividend price and your entitlement to new shares have been calculated. Please read it carefully.
The offer price for the new shares to be issued under the share dividend alternative is US$26.0148 (£14.00). The number of shares you are entitled to receive on 9 October
2008 is set out in (2) on your election form.
Please note: when deciding whether you want to receive your dividend in cash or in shares, please remember that the price of Standard Chartered PLC shares
can go down as well as up and that the value of a Standard Chartered PLC ordinary share on 26 September 2008 (being the date on which the then prevailing
sterling/US dollar and US dollar/Hong Kong dollar exchange rates are used for calculating the sterling and Hong Kong dollar cash dividend) may be lower or
higher than the share dividend price. Further details on this are given on page 6 of the Dividend document in the section headed “Deciding whether to elect
for, or continue to elect for, the share dividend”. If you are not sure what to do, please contact an independent professional adviser.
5. Election Options
This election is made on the number of shares shown in (1) (or, if lower, the number of shares in (5)). This printed election form is irrevocable once submitted to our branch
registrar and is subject to the terms of the Dividend document and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. It also depends on the new shares being listed
by the UK Listing Authority and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited by 9 October 2008.
Option A: Share Dividend
If you want to elect to receive new shares instead of cash for the interim dividend, please tick box A. This election only applies to the payment of the 2008 interim dividend.
Option B: Standing Instruction to receive new shares
If you want to elect to receive your future cash dividends in new shares, please tick box B. New shares will be offered to you on the same terms as any future share dividend
offers made to all shareholders. These instructions can only be used if you wish to take your whole cash dividend in shares.
Option C: Standing Instruction for your cash balance to be given to charity
You may give your cash balance to the charity specified in the Dividend document instead of carrying it forward to the next dividend. If you want to elect for your cash balance
to be given to charity please tick box C.
Option D: Standing Instruction for your cash dividend to be paid to you in US dollars
If you have a standing instruction in place to receive your future cash dividends in US dollars then you do not need to do anything and your dividend will be paid to you in US
dollars. However, if you do not have a standing instruction in place to receive your cash dividend in US dollars, and you wish to receive your cash dividend in US dollars, then
you need to tick box D. Your cash dividend can be paid in US dollars into a US dollar account provided your account is held with a bank in the US. Please contact our branch
registrar for a form.
Option E: Standing Instruction for your cash dividend to be paid to you in sterling
If you have a standing instruction in place to receive your future cash dividends in sterling then you do not need to do anything and your dividend will be paid to you in sterling.
However, if you do not have a standing instruction in place to receive your cash dividend in sterling, and you wish to receive your cash dividend in sterling, then you need to
tick box E. Your cash dividend can be paid in sterling into a sterling account provided your account is held with a bank or building society in the UK. Please contact our branch
registrar for a form.
Once you have chosen your option(s) by ticking the appropriate box(es), please sign and date the form and return it to our branch registrar, using the accompanying reply-paid
envelope (for use in Hong Kong only).
6. Cancellation or Alteration to Existing Standing instructions using a printed election form
Standing instructions will remain in place until you write to our branch registrar to cancel them. If you already have an existing standing instruction in place to receive your dividend
wholly in cash, new shares, US dollars or sterling and wish to cancel these instructions you need to write to our branch registrar. The cancellation letter must be received by
them by 4.00pm on Monday 22 September 2008.
If you want to alter an existing standing instruction in order to receive part or all of your dividend in cash, in a different currency or in new shares, you need to write to our branch
registrar to cancel these instructions. The cancellation letter must be received by them by 4.00pm on Friday 12 September 2008. Your new election form must be completed,
signed and returned to our branch registrar to be received by them by 4.00pm on Monday 22 September 2008.
You can also cancel or alter your instructions electronically through our branch registrar’s Investor Centre throughout the offer period but your final instruction must be submitted
by 4.00pm on Monday 22 September 2008. Please see page 9 of the Dividend document for details.
7. Signature(s) of registered holder(s)
If the election is not made by the registered holder(s), insert the name(s) and capacity (e.g. executor) of the person(s) making the election. If this form has been signed by an
attorney, the executed power of attorney (or a certified copy thereof) must be lodged with this form. In the case of a corporation, the form must either be executed under its
common seal, by the signature of a director and its secretary or two directors or other authorized signatories in the name of the corporation or by the signature of a duly authorized
officer or attorney.
If your address has changed you can register your new address electronically via our branch registrar’s Investor Centre. If you are not able to do this, please write to them giving
your Shareholder Reference Number, old and new addresses and your daytime telephone number in case they need to contact you.
This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the class of security and the unique designated account shown. The personalised form is not transferable between
(i) account holders (ii) classes of security, or (iii) uniquely designated accounts. The Company and Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited accept no liability for any
instruction that does not comply with these conditions.
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Rooms 1806-1807, 18th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. (Telephone: 2862 8555)