Result of AGM

Standard Life Equity Income Tst PLC
14 December 2007



                        RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


Standard Life Equity Income Trust PLC (the 'Company') hereby gives notification
that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, Friday 14
December 2007, all the resolutions as set out in full in the separate Notice of
Meeting circular sent out to shareholders with the Annual Report, were duly
passed.


The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:


 
                                                FOR           AGAINST        DISCRETION  WITHHELD       TOTAL
                                                                                                   (excluding
                                                                                                        Votes
                                                                                                    Withheld)
                                      Votes % Votes     Votes % Votes     Votes % Votes     Votes            
                                               Cast              Cast              Cast                      
     Ordinary Business                                                                                         
     Ordinary resolutions -                                                                                    
 1   Adopt report & accounts      7,044,077   98.76     3,827    0.05    84,499    1.19       770   7,132,403  
 2   Approve Directors            6,949,480   98.09    44,788    0.63    90,499    1.28    48,406   7,084,767  
     Remuneration Report                                                                                       
 3   Approve Final Dividend       7,047,904   98.80       770    0.01    84,499    1.19         0   7,133,173  
 4   Re-elect Chris Rowlands      6,988,241   98.26    32,126    0.45    91,366    1.29    21,440   7,111,733  
 5   Re-elect Keith Percy         6,983,024   98.44    23,499    0.33    86,912    1.23    39,738   7,093,435  
 6   Re-elect David Morrison      6,990,006   98.26    30,662    0.43    92,912    1.31    19,593   7,113,580  
 7   Re-appoint Grant Thornton UK 7,006,594   98.32    30,691    0.43    88,764    1.25     7,124   7,126,049  
     LLP as auditors                                                                                           
 8   Authorise Directors'         7,030,381   98.61     9,791    0.14    89,401    1.25     3,600   7,129,573  
     remuneration                                                                                              
                                                                                                               
     Special Business                                                                                          
     Ordinary resolution -                                                                                     
 9   Allotment of new equity      6,965,854   98.08    50,622    0.71    85,790    1.21    30,907   7,102,266  
     Special resolutions -                                                                                     
10   Disapply pre-emption rights  6,599,758   93.19   395,325    5.58    86,790    1.23    51,300   7,081,873  
11   Authorise market purchases   6,984,374   98.24    35,878    0.50    89,337    1.26    23,584   7,109,589  
     of ord. shares                                                                                            
     Ordinary resolution -                                                                                     
12   Approve e-communications     6,802,389   96.78   144,315    2.05    81,682    1.17   104,787   7,028,386  
     Special resolution -                                                                                      
13   Approve changes to Articles  6,895,507   97.74    55,345    0.78   103,958    1.48    78,003   7,054,810  

 

 


A copy of the resolutions will be submitted shortly to the UK Listing Authority
and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:



Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS



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