Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7866S

Standard Life plc

05 December 2012

Standard Life plc

Notification of Interests of Directors

Standard Life plc was advised by Capita IRG Trustees Limited on 3 December and by another external nominee on 4 December that the under-mentioned directors and their Connected Persons acquired the following interests in ordinary shares as a result of elections to participate in the dividend reinvestment plan ('DRIP') in relation to the interim dividend to 30 June 2012.

	Certificated	SLSA	Other
Non-executive Directors
Pierre Danon			405
Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish and Caroline Margaret Nish		15,901
Norman Keith Skeoch	9,923	5,602

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. Other shares are held in the name of other external nominees.

The purchase price of the shares for the reinvestment of the dividends for participants in the DRIP was 304.02 pence per share.

Total holdings for these directors following these transactions are as follows:

	Total Holding	Percentage of Share Capital
Non-executive Directors
Pierre Danon	25,805	0.0011

Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish and Caroline Margaret Nish	1,048,039	0.0444
Norman Keith Skeoch	994,456	0.0422