Standard Life Post Stabilisation Notice

Post-stabilisation Announcement

The following is a suggested form of an RIS announcement to satisfy the requirements of Article 9(3) of Commission Regulation 2273/200 for post stabilisation announcement. It is not intended as legal advice.

It assumes an offering of (non-convertible) debt securities (without a greenshoe option) where the securities offered are listed in the UK and admitted to trading on a 'regulated market' in the UK.

Note:

¨ Additional selling restrictions or legends may be required to comply with laws applicable to a particular offering of securities.

¨ References to the Co-ordinating Stabilising Manager are to the manager which is making the announcements for the managers in the syndicate, if any, which have been appointed stabilising managers.

4 December 2012

Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful.

Standard Life plc

Stabilisation Notice

UBS Investment Bank (contact: Syndicate Desk; telephone: +44 20 7567 2477) hereby gives notice that no stabilisation (within the meaning of the rules of the Financial Services Authority) was undertaken by the Stabilising Manager(s) named below in relation to the offer of the following securities.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities of the Issuer in any jurisdiction.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to above have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. There has not been and will not be a public offer of the securities in the United States. END