Holding(s) in Company

Standard Life Equity Income Tst PLC
14 September 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)    Name of company

      Standard Life Equity Income Trust plc

2)    Name of shareholder having a major interest

      Barclays PLC


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 2 above

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

      Barclays Trust Co R69 - 285,551 shares
      Chase Nominees Ltd (16376) - 20,870 shares
      Chase Nominees Ltd (28270) - 11,990 shares
      Gerrard Nominees Limited (601359) - 2,500 shares
      Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) - 25,010 shares
      J P Morgan (BGI Custody) (16341) - 25,010 shares
      J P Morgan (BGI Custody) (16400) - 429,735 shares
      J P Morgan (BGI Custody) (18409) - 30,192 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd - 908,730 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd (AK1) - 218,686 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd (BL1) - 80,225 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd (CM1) - 53,495 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd (GP1) - 134,989 shares
      R C Greig Nominees Ltd (SA1) - 79,836 shares


5)    Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      not disclosed



6)    Percentage of issued class
      not disclosed

7)    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      n/a

8)    Percentage of issued class
      n/a

9)    Class of security
      Ordinary shares.

10)   Date of transaction
      Holding as at 7 September 2006

11)   Date company informed
      13 September 2006

12)   Total holding following this notification
      2,306,819

13)   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      5.81%

14)   Any additional information
      No

15)   Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Stuart Reid - 0131 313 6402

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


      Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries
      Date of notification - 14 September 2006





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