Director/PDMR Shareholding

Standard Life plc

20 March 2026

 

20 March 2026

Standard Life plc (the 'Company')

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Company's Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the 'DBSS')

The Company was today informed that on 19 March 2026, the following Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 'PDMR' exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the DBSS granted on 17 March 2023.

Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the financial year ended 31 December 2022. The number of options acquired include dividend equivalent shares.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold to cover Tax and Employee NI	Number of ordinary shares held	Sale price per share (in pence)
Brid Meaney	Group Chief Risk Officer	32,275	15,291	16,984	676.26p

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities

The Notification of Dealing Forms for the PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Markets Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
a)	Name	Brid Meaney
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Risk Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Standard Life plc
b)	LEI	2138001P49OLAEU33T68
4	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 each GB00BGXQNP29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options for the DBSS Award and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) (in pence) Volume(s) Exercise of DBSS Options nil 32,275 Sale of Shares - DBSS 676.26p 15,291
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	19 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Media Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Standard Life [phone]	Investors Claire Hawkins, Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand, Standard Life [phone]
Tom Blackwell Managing Director, FTI [phone]	Joanne Roberts, Investor Relations Director, Standard Life [phone]

 

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