Holding(s) in Company

Standard Life plc
03 August 2006



                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Standard Life plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Computershare Trustees Limited



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


In respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above



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


Computershare Trustees Limited



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


10/07/2006                      112,429,307



6. Percentage of issued class


5.56%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Date                           Number                         Percentage
25/07/06                       3,083,964                      0.15%
26/07/06                       6,176,466                      0.29%
01/08/06                       2,043, 688                     0.10%



8. Percentage of issued class


See 7 above



9. Class of security


Ordinary Shares of £0.10



10. Date of transaction


See 5 and 7 above



11. Date company informed


2 August 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


101,125,189



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


4.80%



14. Any additional information


On 9 June 2006, the Court of Session sanctioned an insurance business transfer
scheme ('the Scheme') under which eligible members of The Standard Life
Assurance Company would be entitled to receive demutualisation entitlements in
the form of either cash or shares in Standard Life plc ('the Company'), as
appropriate.  For those eligible members who have not, as yet, been validated by
the Company in accordance with the Scheme, their demutualisation entitlements
are held by Computershare Trustees Ltd ('the Trustee') under a trust deed
entered into by the Company and the Trustee.



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Julie Reith, Group Secretariat 0131 245 6772
Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799
Barry Cameron, Press Office 0131 245 6165
Emma Wylie, Press Office 020 7872 4154


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


Julie Reith


Date of notification


3 August 2006



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