13th Jul 2006 18:25
Standard Life plc13 July 2006 Standard Life plc Disclosure of Underwriters interests in shares under Part VI of the CompaniesAct 1985 (the "Act") Standard Life plc (the "Company") was informed by notifications dated 12 July2006 and 13 July 2006 respectively that: (a) As at 10 July 2006, as a result of the underwriting arrangements enteredinto on 7 July 2006 pursuant to an underwriting and sponsors' agreement dated 15June 2006 with, among others, the Company, the directors of the Company and theeach of Merrill Lynch International ("Merrill Lynch"), UBS Limited ("UBS"),Citigroup Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited ("Citigroup"), JPMorgan CazenoveLimited ("JPMorgan Cazenove") (together, the "Underwriters") in connection withthe offers of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company(the "Ordinary Shares"), the Underwriters were interested for the purposes ofPart VI of the Act in Ordinary Shares each as comprised in the relevant sharecapital (as defined in section 198(2) of the Act) of the Company in thefollowing amounts: Name of Underwriter Number of Ordinary Shares Merrill Lynch 421,201,346UBS 421,201,345Citigroup 75,498,353JP Morgan Cazenove 75,498,353 In each case, so far as the Underwriters were aware, each of the Underwriterswas interested in the Ordinary Shares by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act.In respect of the Ordinary Shares in which UBS had an interest, UBS AG had anotifiable interest pursuant to section 203(3) of the Act. So far as theUnderwriters were aware, MLI Nominees Limited was the registered holder of501,018,560 Ordinary Shares. In addition, as at 10 July 2006, Merrill Lynch was interested in, for thepurposes of Part VI of the Act, and was the registered holder in respect of afurther 1,177,138 Ordinary Shares and Citigroup was interested in, for thepurposes of Part VI of the Act, and was the registered holder in respect of afurther 3,340,000 Ordinary Shares. (b) As at 11 July 2006, Merrill Lynch and UBS each continued to have an interestin 212,431,870 Ordinary Shares under the underwriting arrangements. In eachcase, so far as Merrill Lynch and UBS were aware, the registered holder of theOrdinary Shares was MLI Nominees Limited and Merrill Lynch and UBS were eachinterested in the Ordinary Shares by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act. Inrespect of the Ordinary Shares in which UBS had an interest, UBS AG had anotifiable interest pursuant to section 203(3) of the Act. In addition, as at 11 July 2006, Merrill Lynch was interested in, for thepurposes of Part VI of the Act, and was the registered holder in respect of afurther 1,649,844 Ordinary Shares. As at 11 July 2006, Citigroup and JPMorgan Cazenove each ceased to have anotifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares. (c) As at 12 July 2006, Merrill Lynch continued to have an interest in212,431,870 Ordinary Shares by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act and, so faras Merrill Lynch was aware, MLI Nominees Limited was the registered holder ofsuch Ordinary Shares. In addition, Merrill Lynch was interested in, for thepurposes of Part VI of the Act, and was the registered holder of 660,000Ordinary Shares. (d) As at 13 July 2006, Merrill Lynch and UBS each ceased to have a notifiableinterest in the Ordinary Shares. 13 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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