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.
Conversion of Continuation shares into Ordinary shares
8) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
1,955 Ordinary shares
9) Percentage of issued class acquired (as proportion of issued share capital post-conversion effected on 11
June 2009)
0.003% - Ordinary shares
10) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
1,932 Continuation shares
11) Percentage of issued class disposed (as proportion of issued share class pre-conversion effected on 11
June 2009)
0.05% - Continuation shares
12) Price per share
n/a
13) Date of transaction
11 June 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 11 June 2009)
15,891 Ordinary shares - 0.02%
15) Date company informed
18 June 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 - 18 June 2009