Director/PDMR Shareholding

Standard Life plc

27 March 2026

 

27 March 2026

Standard Life plc (the 'Company')

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'LTIP') and the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the 'DBSS')

The Company was today informed that on 26 March 2026, the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 'PDMRs' exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP and DBSS granted on 12 March 2021 and 17 March 2023 respectively.

LTIP

Vesting of these options was subject to criteria relating to the Company's performance over a three-year performance period to 31 December 2023 and the options were then subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the performance period. The number of options acquired includes the 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)
Andrew Briggs	Group Chief Executive Officer	178,540	84,588	93,952	669.500

Name	Title	Number of options exercised*	Number of ordinary shares sold	Sale price per share (in pence)
Quentin Zentner	Group General Counsel	38,340	38,340	670.00

*Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities were paid on exercise through the sale of shares. All the shares were sold. 

DBSS

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)
Andrew Briggs	Group Chief Executive Officer	118,692	56,233	62,459	669.744

Name	Title	Number of options exercised*	Number of ordinary shares sold	Sale price per share (in pence)
Quentin Zentner	Group General Counsel	29,668	29,668	670.501

*Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities were paid on exercise through the sale of shares. All the shares were sold.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

The Notification of Dealing Forms for each 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). 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
Name	Andrew Briggs
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group Chief Executive Officer
Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Name	Standard Life plc
LEI	2138001P49OLAEU33T68
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Standard Life plc ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BGXQNP29
Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's LTIP and DBSS and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities.
Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Exercise of LTIP options nil 178,540 Sale of shares - LTIP 669.500 84,588 Exercise of DBSS options nil 118,692 Sale of Shares - DBSS 669.744 56,233
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	140,821                                         669.598
Date of the transaction	26 March 2026
Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
Name	Quentin Zentner
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group General Counsel
Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Name	Standard Life plc
LEI	2138001P49OLAEU33T68
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Standard Life plc ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BGXQNP29
Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's LTIP and DBSS and sale of all shares
Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Exercise of LTIP options nil 38,340 Sale of shares - LTIP 670.00 38,340 Exercise of DBSS options nil 29,668 Sale of Shares - DBSS 670.501 29,668
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	68,008                                           670.218p
Date of the transaction	26 March 2026
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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