Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3681O

Standard Life Equity Income Tst PLC

10 October 2012

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

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

Investec Wealth & Investment 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

5 October 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 October 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

From 4% to 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ord GBP0.25 GB0006039597	1,745,206	1,745,206

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights^x
		Direct	Indirect ^xi	Direct	Indirect
Ord GBP0.25 GB0006039597	N/A	N/A	1,961,406	N/A	5.17%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration Date ^xvii	Exercise/Conversion Period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

1,961,406

% of voting rights

5.17%

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

Client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited. NB: On 31^st May 2011 Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Limited changed its name to Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.

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:

n/a

14. Contact name:

Marie Ross, Maven Capital Partners UK LLP, Secretaries

15. Contact telephone number: