Director/PDMR Shareholding

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("the Company") announces the following information in relation to the executive directors' shareholdings, awarded as a significant proportion of annual remuneration.

Martin Gilbert

Mr Gilbert sold 1,337,172 ordinary shares awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan. These awards represented an element of his annual bonus for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Mr Gilbert sold these shares, held in the name of Wealth Nominees Limited Designation Waived, at 461.1p per share on 2 December 2014. The Company was notified on 3 December 2014. 

Following these transactions, Mr Gilbert holds a total of 183,865 ordinary shares, representing 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 3,327,948 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 which have reached their earliest vesting dates.  Mr Gilbert's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 3,511,813 shares (0.26%).

Mr Gilbert has been granted an award over a further 701,785 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Mr Gilbert's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 1,682,424 (0.12 %), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Mr Gilbert's aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 5,194,237 ordinary shares.

Andrew Laing

Mr Laing sold 173,589 ordinary shares awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan. These awards represented an element of his annual bonus for 2011, 2012 and 2013. Mr Laing sold these shares, held in the name of Wealth Nominees Limited Designation Waived, at 461.1p per share on 2 December 2014. The Company was notified on 3 December 2014. 

Following these transactions, Mr Laing holds a total of 42,680 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.003% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 273,301 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 which have reached their earliest vesting dates. Mr Laing's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 315,981 shares (0.02%).

Mr Laing has been granted an award over a further 132,105 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Mr Laing's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 317,347 (0.02 %), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Mr Laing's aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 633,328 ordinary shares.

Rod MacRae

Mr MacRae holds a total of 32,028 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.002% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 276,165 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 which have reached their earliest vesting dates. Mr MacRae's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 308,193 shares (0.02%).

Mr MacRae has been granted an award over a further 99,080 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Mr MacRae's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 241,562 (0.02%), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Mr MacRae's aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 549,755 ordinary shares.

Bill Rattray

Mr Rattray sold 242,094 ordinary shares awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan. These awards represented an element of his annual bonus for 2007 and 2008. Mr Rattray sold these shares, held in the name of Wealth Nominees Limited Designation Waived, at 461.1p per share on 2 December 2014. The Company was notified on 3 December 2014. 

Following these transaction, Mr Rattray holds a total of 2,298,792 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.17% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 778,193 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 which have reached their earliest vesting dates. Mr Rattray's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 3,076,985 shares (0.23%).

Mr Rattray has been granted an award over a further 132,105 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Mr Rattray's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 311,652 (0.02%), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Mr Rattray's aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 3,388,637 ordinary shares.

Anne Richards

Ms Richards sold 382,138 ordinary shares awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan. These awards represented an element of her annual bonus for 2011, 2012 and 2013. Ms Richards sold these shares, held in the name of Wealth Nominees Limited Designation Waived at 461.1p per share on 2 December 2014. The Company was notified on 3 December 2014.

Following these transactions, Ms Richards holds 554,095 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.04% of the Company's issued share capital.

Ms Richards has been granted an award over a further 288,970 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Ms Richards's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 699,395 (0.05%), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Ms Richards aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 1,253,490 ordinary shares.

Hugh Young

Mr Young sold 904,126 ordinary shares awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan. These awards represented an element of his annual bonus for 2011, 2012 and 2013. Mr Young sold these shares, held in the name of Wealth Nominees Limited Designation Waived, at 461.1p per share on 2 December 2014. The Company was notified on 3 December 2014. 

Following these transactions, Mr Young holds 450,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital.

Mr Young has been granted an award over a further 660,505 ordinary shares, exercisable in five equal tranches over the following five years, as part of the 2014 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 454.2p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and confirmed on 3 December 2014. As a consequence, Mr Young's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 1,641,144 (0.12%), which will vest over the period to December 2019.

Mr Young's aggregate conditional and unconditional shares total 2,091,144 ordinary shares.

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