Slaughter and May advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issuances of US$1 billion 1.5% Notes due 2017, US$500 million Floating Rate Notes due 2017 and US$1 billion 2.4% Notes due 2019 under its US$57.5 billion Debt Issuance Programme. Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint lead managers. Sullivan & Cromwell advised as to New York law.

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