Rule 8.3 - STANDARD LIFE
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in STANDARD LIFE
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 31 October 2007
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 68,680,081 3.16% 2,326,947 0.11%
(2) Derivatives 6,908,823 0.32% 10,626,457 0.49%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 75,588,904 3.48% 12,953,404 0.60%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 2,465 2.8450
Purchase 7,006 2.8030
Purchase 9,994 2.8450
Purchase 11,842 2.8085
Purchase 1,877 2.8450
Purchase 140,068 2.8272
Purchase 1,370 2.8235
Purchase 5,035 2.8450
Purchase 9,994 2.8450
Purchase 2,300 2.7772
Purchase 1,400 2.8004
Purchase 35,239 2.8450
Sale 7,863 2.8450
Sale 101,906 2.8445
Sale 9,776 2.8450
Sale 13,716 2.8450
Sale 24,940 2.8450
Sale 47,777 2.8316
Sale 10,073 2.8450
Sale 175,858 2.8273
Sale 10 2.8030
Sale 17,051 2.8450
Sale 60,569 2.8252
Sale 2,043 2.8075
Sale 97,581 2.8135
Sale 3,832 2.8450
Sale 9,994 2.8450
Sale 5,842 2.8020
Sale 1,577 2.8250
Sale 28,689 2.8450
Sale 7,006 2.8395
Sale 3,125 2.8344
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 1400 2.8003
CFD Short 7006 2.803
CFD Short 11842 2.8084
CFD Short 13554 2.8214
CFD Short 140068 2.8271
CFD Long 5842 2.8019
CFD Long 84199 2.8222
CFD Long 47777 2.8315
CFD Long 91659 2.8319
CFD Long 3125 2.8344
CFD Long 7006 2.8394
CFD Long 101906 2.8445
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 01 November 2007
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk