Investor/Analyst Presentation

Standard Life plc
31 May 2007

                               Standard Life plc

                     Presentation to Investors and Analysts

                            The Platform Opportunity

                                  31 May 2007


Standard Life plc is today hosting a presentation to investors and analysts on '
The Platform Opportunity' at 10.00am (UK time), 31 May 2007, at Standard Life
House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DH.

The presentation slides will be available on the Standard Life website
www.standardlife.com at 10.00am (UK time).

Sandy Crombie, Group Chief Executive of Standard Life plc, said:

'Our market-leading UK platforms have allowed us to address a growing customer
demand for flexible products which fulfill their need to accumulate a wide range
of assets for retirement and to draw upon them in the most efficient fashion.
We believe such platforms will be key to supporting advisers in increasing the
efficiency in their business whilst enabling them to build deeper relationships
with their clients.

'Our leadership in platform capability has delivered substantially improved
returns in our UK business through pursuing capital efficient and innovative
opportunities.'

Trevor Matthews, Chief Executive of Standard Life Assurance Limited, commented:

'Our award-winning SIPP continues to lead the market in growth, with £5.3bn of
funds under management at 31 March 2007, built upon first-class technology,
excellent service to both the intermediary and the end-customer alike, and
outstanding investment performance.

'We believe the Individual SIPP market offers continued prospects for profitable
growth, with Group SIPP and Wrap presenting further opportunities in time.  In
addition our platforms are scalable and adaptable to other markets, with our
SIPP platform already being applied successfully in Ireland.'



For further information please contact:

Equity Investors:
Gordon Aitken                        0131 245 6799
Conor O'Neill                        0131 245 6466
Duncan Heath                         0131 245 4742


Media:
Scott White                          0131 245 5422 / 07712 485 738
Barry Cameron                        0131 245 6165 / 07712 486 463
Neil Bennett (Maitland)              0207 379 5151 / 07900 000 777


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