NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
1) Name of company
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc
2) Name of director
Lynn Ruddick
3) State whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with a
person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3
above and identify the connected person(s)
As in 3 above
4) Indicate whether notification is in respect of a holding of the person
named in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
As in 3 above
5) Class of security
Ordinary shares of 25p
Continuation shares of 75p
6) Name of the registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one holder,
the number of shares held by each of them (if notified)
Not notified
7) State the nature of the transaction.
Partial conversion of Continuation shares into Ordinary shares with a
remaining balance of Continuation shares
8) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
13,936 Ordinary shares
1,932 Continuation shares
9) Percentage of issued class acquired (as proportion of each class of
issued share capital post-conversion effected on 14 April 2009)
0.02% - Ordinary shares
0.05% - Continuation shares
10) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
16,544 Continuation shares
11) Percentage of issued class disposed (as proportion of issued share
class pre-conversion effected on 14 April 2009)
0.05% - Continuation shares
12) Price per share
n/a
13) Date of transaction
14 April 2009
14) Total holding and percentage holding of issued class following this
notification (as proportion of each class of issued share capital
post-conversion effected on 14 April 2009)
13,936 Ordinary shares - 0.02%
1,932 Continuation shares - 0.05%
15) Date company informed
21 April 2009
Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries (Tel: 0131 528 4000)
Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
Stuart Reid, Company Secretary
Date of Notification - 21 April 2009