Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9340C

Standard Life plc

23 November 2009

Standard Life plc

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

Standard Life plc ('the Company') has been advised by Capita Registrars Limited that the under-mentioned directors and other PDMRs, and their Connected Persons, acquired the following interests in ordinary shares on 16 November 2009, as a result of their election to participate in the Company's Scrip dividend scheme, and reinvestment of the interim dividend to 30 June 2009 for participants in the Standard Life Share Plan:

	Date of Election	Certificated	SLSA	SLSP	Other
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	11 May 2009	579	402
Lord Norman Roy Blackwell	5 May 2009		131
Michael Kent Atkinson	2 May 2009		84
Crawford Scott Gillies Alison Jane Gillies	11 May 2009 12 May 2009		135 396		222
Baroness Margaret Josephine McDonagh	1 May 2009	46
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan	1 May 2009	87
Executive Directors
Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie	n/a			4
David Thomas Nish	5 May 2009	962		38
Norman Keith Skeoch	13 May 2009	9,807	636	45
Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell Raymond Peter Campbell Max Campbell Francesca Campbell	1 May 2009 1 May 2009 1 May 2009 1 May 2009	2,338	442 58 175 175	49
Nathan Richard Parnaby	n/a			49

Certificated shares are held in the individual's own name. SLSA (Standard Life Share Account) shares are held in the name of Capita IRG Trustees Limited. SLSP shares are held in the name of Capita IRG Trustees (Nominees) Limited. Other shares are held in the name of external nominees.

The Scrip reference price in connection with the interim dividend to 30 June 2009, payable on 16 November 2009, was 186.90 pence per share.

The purchase price of the shares for the reinvestment of the dividend for participants in the Standard Life Share Plan was 223.50 pence per share.

On 23 November 2009, Gerald Edgar Grimstone acquired 2,289 shares, held in the name of an external nominee, at a price of 218.80 pence per share.

Total holdings following these transactions are as follows:

	Total Holding	Percentage of Share Capital
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	150,545	0.00680%
Lord Norman Roy Blackwell	6,047	0.00027%
Michael Kent Atkinson	3,891	0.00018%
Crawford Scott Gillies and Connected Person	34,689	0.00157%
Baroness Margaret Josephine McDonagh	2,133	0.00010%
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan	4,005	0.00018%
Executive Directors
Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie and Connected Person	1,027,768	0.04644%
David Thomas Nish and Connected Person	174,859	0.00790%
Norman Keith Skeoch	483,483	0.02185%
Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell and Connected Persons	149,654	0.00676%
Nathan Richard Parnaby and Connected Person	157,824	0.00713%