OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP: NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR'S (INCLUDING A DIRECTOR WHO IS A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER) INTEREST AND CHANGE IN INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
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Name of Announcer *	OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP
Company Registration No.	193200032W
Announcement submitted on behalf of	OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP
Announcement is submitted by *	Peter Yeoh
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broacast	21-Aug-2012 19:20:20
Announcement No.	00148
Price Sensitivity	No

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>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	21/08/2012
2. Name of Director *	Lai Teck Poh
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest. [Please complete Part II and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of Interest	16/08/2012
2. Name of Registered Holder	Lai Teck Poh
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	Exercise of Share Options/Convertibles
# Please specify details	See footnotes
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of Shares held before the change	517,324
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.01068 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	70,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.00144 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	4.0670
No. of Shares held after the change	587,324
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. The change in the percentage level	From % to %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	[Select Option]
# Please specify details
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions

>> Part IV
1. Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest:
	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	517,324	14,196
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.01068 %	0.00029 %
No. of shares held after the change	587,324	14,196
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.01212 %	0.00029 %

Footnotes

1) 70,000 OCBC ordinary shares were acquired pursuant to the exercise of options on 16 August 2012 under the OCBC Share Option Scheme 2001. The exercise price was S$4.0670 per ordinary share. 2) Direct interest of 587,324 shares after the change comprise of 584,824 OCBC ordinary shares and 2,500 OCBC 5.1% NCPS 100 3) Deemed interest of 14,196 ordinary shares comprise of awards of OCBC ordinary shares under OCBC Deferred Share Plan and related trust arrangement pursuant to declaration of dividends 4) Outstanding number of unexercised OCBC ordinary shares comprised in share options held by Lai Teck Poh after the change: 341,000 5) The "issued share capital" for the purpose of the above notification consists of 3,433,886,942 OCBC ordinary shares (disregarding 7,212,749 ordinary shares held in treasury), 5,000,000 OCBC 4.5% NCPS 100, 395,830,884 OCBC 4.2% NCPS, 10,000,000 OCBC 5.1% NCPS 100 and 1,000,000,000 OCBC 4% NCPS as at 21 August 2012.