31st Oct 2006 10:55
Standard Life plc31 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Standard Life plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder No of SharesHSBC Bank plc A/c 914945 657,153HSBC Bank plc A/c 775245 5,123,278HSBC Bank plc A/c 357206 43,231,067HSBC Bank plc A/c 866203 3,904,177HSBC Bank plc A/c 969995 5,544,642HSBC Bank plc A/c 985551 272,303HSBC Bank plc A/c 999392 315,124HSBC Bank plc A/c 630608 1,271,201HSBC Bank plc A/c 360509 3,433,259 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 63,752,204 6. Percentage of issued class 3.02% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of £0.10 10. Date of transaction Not known 11. Date company informed 27 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification As per 5 above 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification As per 6 above 14. Any additional information This notification relates to notifiable interests held in nominee accounts as detailed in 4 above 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Julie Reith, Group Secretariat 0131 245 6772 Gillian Bailey, Investor Relations 0131 245 1110 Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Julie Reith Date of notification 31 October 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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