Holding(s) in Company

Standard Life plc
31 October 2006

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES





1. Name of company


Standard Life plc





2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries





3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries





4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


                        Registered Holder                                      No of Shares
HSBC Bank plc A/c 914945                                          657,153
HSBC Bank plc A/c 775245                                          5,123,278
HSBC Bank plc A/c 357206                                          43,231,067
HSBC Bank plc A/c 866203                                          3,904,177
HSBC Bank plc A/c 969995                                          5,544,642
HSBC Bank plc A/c 985551                                          272,303
HSBC Bank plc A/c 999392                                          315,124
HSBC Bank plc A/c 630608                                          1,271,201
HSBC Bank plc A/c 360509                                          3,433,259



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


63,752,204





6. Percentage of issued class


3.02%





7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/A





8. Percentage of issued class


N/A






9. Class of security


Ordinary Shares of £0.10





10. Date of transaction


Not known





11. Date company informed


27 October 2006





12. Total holding following this notification


As per 5 above





13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


As per 6 above





14. Any additional information


This notification relates to notifiable interests held in nominee accounts as detailed in 4 above





15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Julie Reith, Group Secretariat 0131 245 6772

Gillian Bailey, Investor Relations 0131 245 1110

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799





16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Julie Reith





Date of notification


31 October 2006



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