Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8341I

Standard Life plc

18 March 2010

Standard Life plc

Notification of Interests of an Executive Director and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')

As announced on 2 May 2007, the Company granted awards in the form of nil-cost options ("awards") under the Standard Life Long Term Incentive Plan. The awards vested on 17 March 2010, and the following executive director and other PDMRs have exercised their vested awards as below:

	David Thomas Nish	Nathan Richard Parnaby
Date of Exercise	18/03/10	18/03/10
Date of Notification	18/03/10	18/03/10
Shares Vested	74,917	28,963
Shares Sold to Cover Tax Liability	0	11,905
Sale Price	n/a	£2.0862
Shares Acquired	74,917	17,058
Percentage of Issued Shares Acquired	0.0033%	0.0007%
Total Holding Following Exercise, including Connected Persons	336,898	175,174
Percentage of Issued Shares after Acquisition	0.0150%	0.0078%

As announced on 1 December 2008, Michael John Conway was granted a long-term incentive award as part of his recruitment terms when he joined Standard Life. This award was structured as nil-cost share options. Part of this award vested on 17 March 2010 and Mr Conway has exercised the vested award as below:

	Michael John Conway
Date of Exercise	18/03/10
Date of Notification	18/03/10
Shares Vested	48,801
Shares Sold to Cover Tax Liability	20,059
Sale Price	£2.0915
Shares Acquired	28,742
Percentage of Issued Shares Acquired	0.0013%
Total Holding Following Exercise	57,483
Percentage of Issued Shares after Acquisition	0.0026%