Publication of Circular/Notice of General Meeting

RNS Number : 3284R

Standard Life plc

10 September 2014

 



Standard Life plc: Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting

Further to the announcement made on 4 September 2014, Standard Life plc ("the Company") has today published and sent to all shareholders a circular ("the Circular") in relation to the proposed sale of Standard Life's Canadian business ("the Disposal"). The Circular has been prepared in accordance with the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and has been approved by the UK Listing Authority.

The Disposal is subject to the approval of shareholders, and, accordingly, the Circular contains a notice convening a General Meeting of the Company which is to be held at 2pm on 3 October 2014 at 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2.

A copy of the Circular and the Notice of General Meeting are available for viewing on the Company's website at www.standardlife.com. A copy of the Circular has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism's website http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The key dates in respect of the Standard Life General Meeting are as follows:

Event                                                              Date and time

Latest time for lodging of proxy forms             6pm on 1 October 2014

General meeting                                              2pm on 3 October 2014

Enquiries

For further information, please contact:

Media Enquiries                                             Investor Enquiries

Steve Hartley                                                   Jakub Rosochowski

Senior Media Affairs Manager                         Investor Relations Senior Manager

[phone]*                                    [phone]*

[phone]                                     [phone]

Email: [e-mail]           Email: [e-mail] 

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