Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5634S

Standard Life plc

22 November 2011

Standard Life plc

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

Standard Life plc ('the Company') has been advised by Capita Registrars Limited that the under-mentioned directors and other PDMRs, and their Connected Persons, acquired the following interests in ordinary shares on 18 November 2011, as a result of their election to participate in the Company's Scrip dividend scheme, and reinvestment of the interim dividend to 30 June 2011 for participants in the Standard Life Share Plan:

	Date of Scrip Election	Certificated	SLSA	SLSP	Other
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	11 May 2009		480		4,632
Lord Blackwell, Norman Roy	5 May 2009		157
Michael Kent Atkinson	2 May 2009		101
Crawford Scott Gillies	11 May 2009		161		515
Alison Jane Gillies	12 May 2009		473
Baroness McDonagh, Margaret Josephine	1 May 2009	56
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan	1 May 2009	104
Susan Therese Buchan	31 May 2011				586
Margaret Sheelagh Dillon Whittaker	21 October 2011				260
Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish	5 May 2009			96
Caroline Margaret Nish	22 April 2010	7,730	6,087
Norman Keith Skeoch	13 May 2009	13,664	1,841	107
Other PDMRs
Nathan Richard Parnaby	n/a			112
Alexander Hugh McCormack Begbie	n/a			18
Paul Stephen Matthews	n/a			112
Deborah Eileen Matthews	29 October 2010		433

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

The Scrip reference price in connection with the interim dividend to 30 June 2011, payable on 18 November 2011, was 196.08 pence per share.

The purchase price of the shares for the reinvestment of the dividend for participants in the Standard Life Share Plan was 197.85 pence per share.

Total holdings following these transactions are as follows:

	Total Holding	Percentage of Share Capital
Non-executive Directors
Gerald Edgar Grimstone	252,544	0.01073
Lord Blackwell, Norman Roy	6,846	0.00029
Michael Kent Atkinson	4,406	0.00019
Crawford Scott Gillies and Connected Person	50,170	0.00213
Baroness McDonagh, Margaret Josephine	2,415	0.00010
Colin Alexander Mason Buchan and Connected Person	30,121	0.00128
David John Grigson	15,000	0.00064
Margaret Sheelagh Dillon Whittaker	11,322	0.00048
Pierre Danon	12,000	0.00051
Executive Directors
David Thomas Nish and Connected Person	668,274	0.02839
Norman Keith Skeoch	681,303	0.02895
Jackie Hunt and Connected Person	49,680	0.00211
Other PDMRs
Joseph Iannicelli	152,530	0.00648
Nathan Richard Parnaby and Connected Person	177,115	0.00753
Alexander Hugh McCormack Begbie	986	0.00004
Paul Stephen Matthews and Connected Person	63,665	0.00271
Bruce Francis Kelsall	0	0