Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9096Q

Standard Life plc

21 April 2009

Standard Life plc

('the Company')

Notification of Interests of Executive Directors and Other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs')

The Company yesterday granted the following awards in the form of nil-cost options ('Awards') under the Standard Life Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP')

	Number of Shares under 2009 LTIP Award	Total number of Shares under LTIP Awards
Executive Directors
Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie	754,951	1,767,256
David Thomas Nish	319,636	844,607
Norman Keith Skeoch	340,945	569,637
Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell	155,008	355,885
Michael John Conway	180,214	517,578
Joseph Iannicelli	167,318	343,854
Nathan Richard Parnaby	188,786	400,849

The Awards granted yesterday will vest on 20 April 2012, but only to the extent that certain performance criteria based on return on capital and total shareholder return are satisfied by the Company over a three-year performance period which commenced on 1 January 2009. Further information is available in the Company's remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2008. Once vested, an Award may be exercised in the 6 months thereafter. No consideration is payable on the grant or vesting of the Awards.