Slaughter and May advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issuance of €750,000,000 0.85 per cent. Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2028

Slaughter and May advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issuance of €750,000,000 0.85 per cent. Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under the U.S.$77,500,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme established by Standard Chartered PLC and Standard Chartered Bank.

The Notes, which were issued on 16 January 2020, have been assigned a rating of A2 by Moody’s, BBB+ by S&P, and A by Fitch. The Notes have been admitted to the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint lead managers in connection with the issuance.