Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3395I

Standard Life plc

24 March 2015

Standard Life plc ("the Company")

Notification of Interest of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR')

Further to the announcement released on 13 March 2015, the Company wishes to confirm shareholdings of its Directors and PDMRs following the consolidation of the Company's entire ordinary share capital. As announced, shareholders have exchanged each holding of 11 ordinary shares of 10 pence each for 9 ordinary shares of 12²/₉ pence each.

Immediately after the consolidation, the interests of each Director and PDMR and those of their Connected Persons in the Company were as set out below. The percentage interest of the ordinary shares of the Company that these interests represent did not change as a result of the consolidation.

Name of Director/PDMR	Pre-Consolidation shareholding (ordinary shares of 10 pence each)	Post-consolidation shareholding (new ordinary shares of 12²/₉ pence each)
Sir Gerald Edgar Grimstone*	252,544	206,626
Alexander Hugh McCormack Begbie	84,340	69,004
Pierre Danon*	55,408	45,333
Crawford Scott Gillies*	50,170	41,046
David John Grigson*	15,000	12,272
Elizabeth Noel Harwerth*	10,000	8,181
Isabel Frances Hudson*	3,763	3,078
Paul Stephen Matthews	213,085	174,341
David Thomas Nish*	2,262,404	1,851,055
Kevin Allen Huw Parry*	44,397	36,324
John Gregor Hugh Paynter*	50,000	40,909
Lynne Margaret Peacock*	15,345	12,554
Martin St Clair Pike*	40,000	32,727
Luke Savage*	0	0
Ranjit Singh	0	0
Norman Keith Skeoch*	1,908,952	1,561,868