Holding(s) in Company

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC
20 February 2008

                                                                    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 UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC



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



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No



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: Initial Disclosure: Yes



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

            Rathbone Brothers Plc



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

Rathbone Brothers Plc
Rathbone Investment Management Ltd



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

            15/02/08



6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            20/02/08



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

            5%


8.         Notified details:

            n/a



A: Voting rights attached to shares


                          Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible           Number of shares             Number of voting rights (viii)
using the ISIN CODE
Ordinary Shares                            Number of shares             Number of voting Rights (viii)
                                              1,604,990                            1,604,990
GB0002959582





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
Ordinary Shares                        n/a             Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
                                                          n/a           1,704,990           n/a        5.27%
GB0002959582




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

          1,704,990                        5.27%





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

Rathbone Brothers Plc*

Rathbone Investment Management Limited 5.27%



*  Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of Rathbone Investment
Management 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:

            Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries



15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4000




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