Business & Strategy


Date	Location
May 2008	Vietnam	Standard Chartered announces raising strategic stake in Vietnam's Asia Commercial Bank to 15%
Jan 2008	South Korea	Standard Chartered to acquire South Korea's Yeahreum Mutual Savings Bank
Oct 2007	South Korea	Standard Chartered First Bank Korea Ltd to acquire 80% stake in South Korea's A Brain, a funds administration company
Sep 2007	Global	Standard Chartered signs agreement to buy American Express Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express Company, with operations in 47 countries
Sep 2007	Global	Standard Chartered to acquire Pembroke, an aircraft leasing, financing and management firm
Sep 2007	Global	Standard Chartered to acquire Harrison Lovegrove, a leading global oil and gas M&A advisory boutique
Aug 2007	India	Standard Chartered announces acquisition of 49% strategic stake in India's UTI Securities, a leading local broking firm.
End 2006	Taiwan	Launched tender offer for 100% in Hsinchu International Bank (USD1.2bn)
Sep 2006	Pakistan	Acquisition of 95.37% Union Bank (USD487m)
Sep 2006	Indonesia	Acquisition of 26% stake in PermataBank by the consortium of Standard Chartered Bank & PT Astra International Tbk (USD193m). Total stake held in PermataBank by consortium today is 89%.
Jun 2006	Africa	Acquisition of 25% in First Africa Group Holdings Ltd
Dec 2005	N/A	Acquisition of 20% stake in Fleming Family & Partners (USD78m)
Sep 2005	China	Acquisition of 19.99% of China Bohai Bank (USD123m)
Aug 2005	Bangladesh	Acquisition of Amex Bank's Bangladesh business (USD25m)
Jun 2005	Vietnam	Acquisition of 8.56% stake in Asia Commercial Bank (USD22m)
Apr 2005	Global	Acquisition of a minority stake (6%) in Travelex as part of Apax led consortium
Jan 2005	South Korea	Acquisition of Korea First Bank (USD3.3bn)
Dec 2004	Global	Acquisition of ANZ's Project Finance business with assets (USD15m)
Nov 2004	Indonesia	Acquisition of 63% stake in PermataBank by the consortium of Standard Chartered Bank & PT Astra International Tbk (USD355m)
Sep 2000	Hong Kong	Acquisition of Chase Manhattan Card Company (USD1.32bn)
Jul 2000	Global	Acquisition of ANZ Grindlays (USD1.34bn)
Jun 2004	Hong Kong	Acquisition of PrimeCredit