Result of AGM

Standard Life plc
29 May 2007

                               Standard Life plc

                       Results of Annual General Meeting

The Board of Standard Life plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions
put to its Annual General Meeting earlier today were duly passed.  The results
of the polls are as follows:


                                                            For              Against       Votes Withheld
Resolution 1:                                           881,020,954         4,112,914         5,749,077
To receive the 2006 Annual Report and Accounts

Resolution 2:                                           850,759,426         25,582,668       14,602,916
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

Resolution 3:                                           887,108,760          945,333          2,907,536
To declare a final dividend for 2006

Resolution 4:                                           873,260,084         9,131,178         8,587,736
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

Resolution 5:                                           879,182,415         6,018,994         5,742,064
To authorise the Directors to set the auditors'
fees

Resolutions 6:
Individual re-election of Directors
A. Mr Kent Atkinson                                     867,798,234         11,658,416       11,573,723
B. Lord Blackwell                                       868,485,801         10,869,201       11,602,451
C. Mr Sandy Crombie                                     868,293,752         11,657,973       11,056,417
D. Mr Gerry Grimstone                                   871,666,197         7,590,116        11,734,158
E. Mr Trevor Matthews                                   872,284,712         7,160,144        11,597,691
F. Mr Jocelyn Proteau                                   865,770,073         13,336,634       11,924,263
G. Mr Keith Skeoch                                      871,789,692         7,848,674        11,579,728
H. Mr Hugh Stevenson                                    871,082,611         8,240,937        11,693,846

Resolutions 7:
Individual election of Directors
A. Mr Crawford Gillies                                  867,884,618         9,262,595        13,831,614
B. Baroness McDonagh                                    860,696,216         16,645,866       13,657,391
C. Mr David Nish                                        868,505,181         8,704,132        13,625,543

Resolution 8:                                           857,100,609         26,283,170        7,277,334
To authorise the Directors to issue further shares

Resolution 9 (Special Resolution):                      842,951,284         27,876,261       20,077,945
To disapply share pre-emption rights

Resolution 10 (Special Resolution):                     869,025,317         12,215,446        9,609,256
To give authority for the Company to buy back up to
10% of its issued ordinary shares

Resolutions 11:
To provide limited authority to the Company and its
principal subsidiaries to make donations to EU
political organisations and to incur EU political
expenditure
A. Standard Life plc                                    777,974,598         90,680,837       22,214,654
B. Standard Life Assurance Limited                      777,439,374         90,667,236       22,848,653
C. Standard Life Bank Limited                           777,598,156         90,026,097       23,360,818
D. Standard Life Healthcare Limited                     777,391,330         90,104,904       23,496,273
E. Standard Life Investments Limited                    777,870,244         90,272,450       22,833,096

The total issued share capital of the company is 2,106,307,661.

Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the AGM Guide
previously submitted to the Financial Services Authority at their Document
Viewing Facility at:



25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS



The AGM Guide and the Voting Results are also available on the Standard Life plc
website at www.standardlife.com





29 May 2007





Enquiries:

Julie Reith, Group Secretariat 0131 245 6772

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799

Scott White, Press Office 0131 245 5422

Barry Cameron, Press Office 0131 245 6165



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