Standard Life plcLSE: SDLF

Standard Life: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Summary by 6ix AI

Computershare Trustees Limited, trustee of Standard Life plc's Share Incentive Plan (an employee share-buying scheme), bought ordinary shares of 10 pence each at 875.830 pence per share on 5 October 2026 under the plan's Partnership and Matching elements, including shares for six senior managers.

Key details

  • Under the plan, eligible employees can contribute from monthly salary to buy Partnership Shares, and the company matches these one for one up to a maximum of £50.
  • Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Briggs and Group Chief Risk Officer Bríd Meaney each received 17 Partnership Shares and 6 Matching Shares, 23 in total, at an aggregated price of 647.352p.
  • Director of Corporate Affairs and Chief of Staff Claire Hawkins, Group Chief Financial Officer Nicolaos Nicandrou, Group Chief People Officer Sara Thompson and Group General Counsel Quentin Zentner each received 16 Partnership Shares and 5 Matching Shares, 21 in total, at an aggregated price of 667.299p.
  • The transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange and were disclosed as dealings by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (senior managers) under the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

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Standard Life plc (the 'Company')

6 October 2026

LEI: 2138001P49OLAEU33T68

Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ('PDMRs') AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). 

1.     Notification of monthly investment in the Company's Share Incentive Plan ('SIP')

Computershare Trustees Limited (the 'Trustees') of the Company's SIP, notified Standard Life plc on

5 October 2026 that it purchased ordinary shares of 10 pence each at a price of 875.830 pence per share on 5 October 2026 under the 'Partnership' and 'Matching' elements of the Company's SIP.

Under the terms of the SIP, each eligible participating employee can contribute from monthly salary to purchase Partnership Shares and the Company matches this based on a one for one ratio up to a maximum of £50.

1

Reason for the notification

a)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

2

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Standard Life plc

b)

LEI

2138001P49OLAEU33T68

3

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Standard Life plc Ordinary Shares of 10 pence

GB00BGXQNP29

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of Partnership and Matching Shares under the Company's Share Incentive Plan.

c)

Date of the transaction

5 October 2026

d)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON) 

The following table details the number of Partnership Shares purchased by and Matching Shares awarded to PDMRs.

Shares purchased

& awarded

Aggregated information

Name

Position

Partnership shares

Matching shares

Volume

Price

Andrew Briggs

Group Chief Executive Officer

17

6

23

647.352p

Claire Hawkins

Director of Corporate Affairs & Chief of Staff

16

5

21

667.299p

Bríd Meaney

Group Chief Risk Officer

17

6

23

647.352p

Nicolaos Nicandrou

Group Chief Financial Officer

16

5

21

667.299p

Sara Thompson

Group Chief People Officer

16

5

21

667.299p

Quentin Zentner

Group General Counsel

16

5

21

667.299p

Enquiries:

Media
Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Standard Life plc

+44 (0) 204 559 3031

Investors
Joanne Roberts, Chief of Strategy and Investor Relations Officer, Standard Life plc +44 (0) 204 559 4673

Tom Blackwell

Managing Director, FTI

+44 (0) 7747 113 919

NOTE: Please email any major shareholding notifications under DTR 5.1.2 R to the Group Company Secretary ([email protected]) copying in [email protected] and [email protected]

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