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Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC20 February 2008 APPENDIX 3 TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached (ii): Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No Other: Initial Disclosure: Yes 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Rathbone Brothers Plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Rathbone Brothers PlcRathbone Investment Management Ltd 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v): 15/02/08 6. Date on which issuer notified: 20/02/08 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% 8. Notified details: n/a A: Voting rights attached to shares Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)Class/type of shares if possible Number of shares Number of voting rights (viii)using the ISIN CODEOrdinary Shares Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii) 1,604,990 1,604,990GB0002959582 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODEOrdinary Shares n/a Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect n/a 1,704,990 n/a 5.27%GB0002959582 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) that may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted.n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 1,704,990 5.27% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/orthe financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Rathbone Brothers Plc* Rathbone Investment Management Limited 5.27% * Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of Rathbone InvestmentManagement Limited. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: n/a 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: n/a. 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: n/a. 13. Additional information: n/a 14. Contact name: Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries 15. Contact telephone number: 0131 528 4000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
SLS.LRathbone