Holding(s) in Company

Standard Life Equity Income Tst PLC
24 July 2007

                                                                      APPENDIX 3



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



(1).      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached (ii):

            Standard Life Equity Income Trust plc



2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No



Other: No



3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

            Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited


4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

            n/a



5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
  reached (v):

            12 July 2007



6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            13 July 2007



7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            5%


8.         Notified details:





A: Voting rights attached to shares


                          Situation previous to the triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible             No of shares                 No of voting rights (viii)
using the ISIN CODE
Ord GBP0.25                                    Below 5%                            Below 5%
GB0006039597




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if          Number of shares       Number of voting rights (ix)       % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
GB0006039597                           n/a             Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
                                                          n/a           1,898,163           n/a       5.0043%




B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.
n/a             n/a                   n/a                       n/a                         n/a





Total (A+B)
   Number of voting rights          % of voting rights

          1,898,163                       5.0043%



9.      Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

            Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited - 9,250 -
0.0244%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited - 229,275 - 0.6045%

Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited - 1,081,081 - 2.8501%

Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited - 561,807 - 1.4811%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited a/c Charity - 16,750 - 0.0442%



Proxy Voting:



10.    Name of the proxy holder:

            n/a



11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

            n/a.



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

            n/a



13.       Additional information:

Figures based on shares in issue of 37,930,579.  The indirect voting rights
under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms,
under discretionary investment management agreements.


14.       Contact name:

            Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited



15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 313 1000


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