Standard Chartered PLC
15 July 2026
The following text is the text of an announcement released to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 15 July 2026 pursuant to rules 13.43 and 13.66 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the "Listing Rules") on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
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STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
渣打集團有限公司
(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with limited liability)
(Registered Number: 966425)
(Stock Code: 02888)
DATE OF BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING AND PROPOSED RECORD DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PAYMENT OF 2026 INTERIM DIVIDEND
Standard Chartered PLC (the "Company") announces that a meeting of a Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Wednesday, 29 July 2026 for the purposes of approving the release of the Company's announcement of half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2026 and considering the payment of any interim dividend for the six months ended 30 June 2026.
Subject to the approval and confirmation at the meeting of a Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company to be held on 29 July 2026:
(1) the 2026 interim dividend will be payable to (a) shareholders on the Principal Register in the United Kingdom at the close of business 10.00pm (London time) on Friday, 7 August 2026; and (b) shareholders on the Hong Kong Branch Register at the opening of business 9.00am (Hong Kong time) on Friday, 7 August 2026; and
(2) any person who has acquired shares registered on the Hong Kong Branch Register but who has not lodged the share transfer with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong should do so before 4.30pm (Hong Kong time) on Thursday, 6 August 2026 in order to be entitled for the 2026 interim dividend.
By Order of the Board
Scott Corrigan
Group Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 15 July 2026
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:
Chair:
Maria da Conceicao das Neves Calha Ramos
Executive Directors:
William Thomas Winters, CBE (Group Chief Executive) and Manus James MacGregor Costello (Group Chief Financial Officer)
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Shirish Moreshwar Apte; Jacqueline Hunt; Diane Enberg Jurgens; Robin Ann Lawther, CBE;
Lincoln Leong Kwok Kuen; Tanate Phutrakul; Philip George Rivett (Senior Independent Director); David Tang and Linda Yi-chuang Yueh, CBE
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