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 25 September 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 68,328,350 3.14% 2,306,490 0.11% securities (2) Derivatives 3,422,151 0.16% 7,405,918 0.34% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 71,750,501 3.30% 9,712,408 0.45% (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 502,297 Transfer Purchase 60,818 2.718817 Purchase 611,985 Transfer Purchase 6,760 2.7375 Purchase 30,923 2.7375 Purchase 16,372 2.7337 Purchase 30,923 Transfer Purchase 21,237 2.7375 Sale 502,297 Transfer Sale 611,985 Transfer Sale 2,821 2.7375 Sale 935 2.7406 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Short 12515 2.7305 CFD Short 55731 2.7201 CFD Short 54601 2.7303 CFD Short 105300 2.7373 CFD Short 10004 2.7465 CFD Long 5706 2.7233 CFD Long 10004 2.7284 CFD Long 16488 2.7332 CFD Long 32513 2.7413 CFD Long 3555 2.7487 CFD Long 14225 2.7594 (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 26 September 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

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