Form 8 (DD) - Standard Life plc

RNS Number : 1088G

Standard Life plc

24 May 2017

 

FORM 8 (DD)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Norman Keith Skeoch
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Standard Life plc
(d) Status of person making the disclosure:      e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with the offeror/offeree (specify name of offeror/offeree)	Person acting in concert with the offeror (Standard Life plc)
(e) Date dealing undertaken:	23 May 2017
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which:

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing:

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary Shares
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	2,346,998	0.118A	Nil	Nil
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
TOTAL:	2,346,998	0.118A	Nil	Nil

A. Percentage calculations are based on Standard Life plc's total number of ordinary shares in issue being    1,979,415,429.

(b)        Interests held as options under Standard Life plc share plans following the dealing:

Class of Relevant Security:	Ordinary Shares (under option)	Share Plan	Vesting Date**	Exercise Price (per share)
Ordinary Shares (under option)	171,651*	Standard Life Short Term Incentive Plan	24 March 2018	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	19,527	Standard Life Short Term Incentive Plan	Vested 27 March 2017 - exercisable until 26 September 2017	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	112,059*	Standard Life Short Term Incentive Plan	27 March 2020	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	1,001,766**	Standard Life Executive Long Term Incentive Plan	24 March 2021	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	227,913**	Standard Life Executive Long Term Incentive Plan	27 March 2020	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	264,562**	Standard Life Executive Long Term Incentive Plan	20 May 2019	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	778,902**	Standard Life Executive Long Term Incentive Plan	27 March 2022	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	228,567**	Standard Life Investments Long Term Incentive Plan	30 March 2018	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	169,484	Standard Life Investments Long Term Incentive Plan	Vested 28 March 2017 - exercisable until 27 September 2017	Nil
Ordinary Shares (under option)	5,292	Standard Life UK Sharesave Plan	1 November 2021	£2.834

*The vesting of the award is conditional on continued employment and subject to other rules of the plan.

** The vesting of the award is subject to performance conditions.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

3.         DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

(i)         Party to an offer or person acting in concert (except for a principal trader in the same group as a connected adviser)

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	Purchase (under the Standard Life plc (Employee) Share Plan)	283	£3.8564

(ii)        Principal trader where the sole reason for the connection is that the principal trader is in the same group as a connected adviser

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(c)        Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)	YES/NO
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)	YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	24 May 2017
Contact name:	Kenneth Gilmour
Telephone number:	(0)131 245 0751

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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