Annual Financial Report

RNS Number : 5649J

Standard Life plc

01 April 2010

 



Standard Life plc

Annual Financial Report

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.1.3, Standard Life plc ('the Company') confirms that the Annual Report and Accounts 2009 and the Summary Financial Report 2009 are available at www.standardlife.com/ara

The mailing to shareholders of the Annual Report and Accounts 2009 or the Summary Financial Report 2009 and the AGM documents has commenced.

The Company made a voluntary announcement of its Preliminary Results on 10 March 2010 in unedited full text. This announcement included a Business Review and a condensed set of financial statements. 

To comply fully with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5, an extract from the section covering the Directors' responsibilities for preparing the financial statements in the Annual Report and Accounts 2009 is shown below:

Directors' responsibility statement

Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are listed in the Board of Directors section on pages 54 to 55 confirms that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief:

1.             The financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, and

2.             The Business review, which is incorporated into the Directors' report, includes the information required by DTR 4.1.8 and DTR 4.1.9, namely a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties they face.

By order of the Board

Gerry Grimstone                                                                         David Nish

Chairman                                                                                       Chief Executive

10 March 2010                                                                              10 March 2010

1 April 2010

Enquiries:

Kenneth Gilmour, Group Secretariat 0131 245 0751

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799

Barry Cameron, Media Relations 0131 245 6165

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