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Notice of Adjourned 6.409% Class Meeting
Notice of Adjourned 6.409% Class Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (A) IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) (THE \"UNITED STATES\" OR THE \"U.S.\") OR TO ANY \"U.S. PERSON\" AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE \"SECURITIES ACT\"), OTHER THAN A \"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER\" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.\n \n \n \n \n Standard Chartered PLC\n \n \n 15 December 2022\n \n \n \n \n Standard Chartered PLC\n \n \n (a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales)\n \n (the \"\n \n Company\n \n \")\n \n \n \n Notice of adjourned meeting of the holders of the 6.409% non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of US$5 each in the capital of Standard Chartered PLC (the \"6.409% Preference Shares\")\n \n \n \n NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the holders of the 6.409% Preference Shares (the \"6.409% Preference Shareholders\") on 15 December 2022 (the \"6.409% Class Meeting\") has been adjourned to 10:00 a.m. on 4 January 2023 at 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 5DD (the \"Adjourned6.409% Class Meeting\") due to the lack of quorum required in respect of the special resolution (as set out below and in the notice of the 6.409% Class Meeting dated 8 November 2022 and sent to the 6.409% Preference Shareholders (the \"6.409% Class Meeting Notice\") (the \"6.409% Special Resolution\")). Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this notice have the meanings given in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum issued by the Company and dated 8 November 2022 (the \"Consent Solicitation Memorandum\").\n \n \n The quorum required in respect of the 6.409% Special Resolution at the Adjourned 6.409% Class Meeting is one 6.409% Preference Shareholder entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of 6.409% Preference Shares held by him). The Adjourned 6.409% Class Meeting is for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the 6.409% Special Resolution, being in su...