Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2316T

Standard Life plc

02 June 2009

Standard Life plc

Notification of Interests of Directors and Other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')

Standard Life plc ('the Company') has been advised by Computershare Investor Services plc that the under-mentioned directors and other PDMRs, and their Connected Persons, acquired the following interests in ordinary shares on 29 May 2009, as a result of their election to participate in the Company's Scrip dividend scheme:

	Date of Election	Certificated	SLSA	Other
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	11 May 2009	1,070	744	4,234
Lord Norman Roy Blackwell	5 May 2009		243
Michael Kent Atkinson	2 May 2009		156
Crawford Scott Gillies Alison Jane Gillies	11 May 2009 12 May 2009		250 732
Baroness Margaret Josephine McDonagh	1 May 2009	87
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan	1 May 2009	160
Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish	5 May 2009	1,779
Norman Keith Skeoch	13 May 2009	15,011	1,177
Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell Raymond Peter Campbell Max Campbell Francesca Campbell	1 May 2009 1 May 2009 1 May 2009 1 May 2009	4,324	818 106 323 323

Certificated shares are held in the individual's own name. SLSA (Standard Life Share Account) shares are held in the name of Computershare Nominees Limited. Other shares are held in the name of external nominees.

The Scrip reference price in connection with the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2008, payable on 29 May 2009, was 179.74 pence per share.

Total holdings following this acquisition are as follows:

	Total Holding	Percentage of Share Capital
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	147,275	0.00666%
Lord Norman Roy Blackwell	5,916	0.00027%
Michael Kent Atkinson	3,807	0.00017%
Crawford Scott Gillies and Connected Person	33,936	0.00153%
Baroness Margaret Josephine McDonagh	2,087	0.00009%
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan	3,918	0.00018%
Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish and Connected Person	61,147	0.00276%
Norman Keith Skeoch	472,552	0.02135%
Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell and Connected Persons	145,965	0.00660%