Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5608C

Standard Life plc

02 May 2012

Standard Life plc

("the Company")

Notification of Interests of an Executive Director

The Company granted options ("awards") to David Thomas Nish under the Standard Life Long Term Incentive Plan (2009). These awards vested on 20 April 2012. No consideration was payable on the vesting of these awards. During the vesting period the awards carried a right to receive dividend equivalents, to the extent that the awards vested. The dividend equivalents were delivered as additional shares. David Thomas Nish has exercised his vested awards as below:

Date of Exercise	01/05/12
Date of Notification	01/05/12
Shares Vested (including dividend equivalents)	243,872
Shares Acquired	243,872
Percentage of Issued Shares Acquired	0.0103%
Total Holding Following Exercise, including Connected Persons	1,004,085
Percentage of Issued Shares after Acquisition	0.0426%