Standard Life's first listed plc AGM Mailing

Annual General Meeting - mailing to shareholders

Standard Life will tomorrow begin mailing 1.5m shareholders ahead of its first AGM as a listed plc on 29 May 2007.

Shareholders in over 50 countries will receive details regarding voting and dividend payments.

204 different combinations of the AGM mailing pack are being issued.

Tomorrow Standard Life will begin mailing around 1.5 million shareholders in over 50 countries ahead of its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) as a listed plc.

From Friday, Standard Life shareholders will begin to receive information relevant to the AGM which will be held on Tuesday 29 May.

Standard Life will also launch its AGM website on Friday (www.standardlife.com) which will contains links to the Company's Annual Review, Annual Report and Accounts and Corporate Responsibility Report for 2006.

The mailing pack: This will contain: Chairman's letter - letter to shareholders from Sir Brian Stewart.

Dividend form - gives shareholders three ways to receive their dividends.

Voting form - allows shareholders to vote on each of the 11 resolutions at the AGM.

Annual Review - a condensed version of the 2006 Annual Report and Accounts (36 pages compared to 249 in the latter).

AGM guide - explains the resolutions and information about voting among other things.

Business reply envelope - for returning both the voting and dividend forms.

The dividend form must be received by midnight (UK time) on 15 May 2007.

The voting form must be received by midnight (UK time) on 27 May 2007.

The three options for receipt of dividend are: reinvest the dividend in Standard Life plc shares, receive cash dividend payments in a bank or building society, receive cash dividend payments by cheque (this is the default position, if shareholders have not chosen the dividend reinvestment option or given their banks or building society details).

The dividend payment date is 31 May 2007 with shareholders expected to receive their payment/shares from this date.

Cheques will be posted from this date and will take longer to arrive.

Of the packs being issued; 1.3 million will be delivered in the UK; 70,000 in Republic of Ireland; 120,000 in Germany/Austria; and 14,000 in Canada.

Of these, 504,000 packs will be distributed to those shareholders who have provided us with their email address.

These packs will include the letter and forms only - the larger documents will be available to view on the website.

Given the different types of shareholder we have, the different languages involved, the currency in which dividends may be paid, and the fact that some shareholders have indicated a preference to receive the full Annual Report and Accounts, there are in total 204 different pack combinations being sent to shareholders.

The meeting: This is Standard Life's first AGM as a listed plc.

There will be 11 resolutions voted on in total, including the election/re-election of all directors, with the exception of Sir Brian Stewart and Alison Mitchell who will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

As previously announced, Sir Brian Stewart will be replaced by Deputy Chairman, Gerry Grimstone.

The meeting takes place at 11am on Tuesday 29 May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE.

Standard Life shareholder base: 65% of Standard Life's total shareholding is held by retail shareholders and 35% by institutions.

Over 70% of members of The Standard Life Assurance Company kept their shares following the flotation of Standard Life plc.

Over 160,000 of members of The Standard Life Assurance Company bought additional shares.

Over 100,000 customers bought discounted shares.

Over 99% of shareholders are also customers.

Over 99% of employees own shares.

Other Key Dates in 2007: 8 May - Quarter 1 new business sales announcement, 31 May - Final dividend payment date, 10 July - Qualifying date for bonus shares, 7 August - Quarter 2 new business sales announcement, 4 September - Announcement of interim results and dividend, 12 September - Ex-dividend date for interim dividend, 14 September - Record date for interim dividend for 2007, 1 November - Quarter 3 new business sales announcement,30 November - Interim dividend payment date.

Please contact Barry Cameron on 0131 245 6165 or Scott White on 0131 245 5422, if you would like to discuss any of the above.

18 April 2007.

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