Director/PDMR Shareholding

Standard Life plc

01 April 2026

 

1 April 2026

Standard Life plc (the 'Company')

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ('PDMRs')

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'LTIP') and the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the 'DBSS') and transfer of shares from PDMR to a Person Closely Associated ('PCA').

The Company announces that:

1. On 30 March 2026, the following PDMR 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 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)
Claire Hawkins	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand	33,471	15,858	17,613	664.263

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 includes 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)
Claire Hawkins	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand	29,035	13,756	15,279	664.263

2. On 1 April 2026 the following PDMR transferred 40,862 ordinary shares to the following Person Closely Associated ('PCA') for nil consideration.

Name	Title	Number of shares transferred	Name of PCA receiving shares	Relationship to PDMR	Sale price per share (in pence)
Quentin Zentner	Group General Counsel	40,862	Xihomara Zentner	Spouse	nil

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

The Notification of Dealing Forms for the PDMRs and PCA 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	Claire Hawkins
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand
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 33,471 Sale of shares - LTIP 664.263 15,858 Exercise of DBSS options nil 29,035 Sale of Shares - DBSS 664.263 13,756
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	29,614 664.263p
Date of the transaction	30 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	Transfer of ordinary shares to PCA for nil consideration
Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Standard Life plc shares nil 40,862
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a                                                  n/a
Date of the transaction	1 April 2026
Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

Details of the Person Closely Associated
Name	Xihomara Zentner
Reason for the notification
Position/status	PCA of Quentin Zentner, 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	Transfer of ordinary shares from PCA for nil consideration
Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Standard Life plc shares nil 40,862
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a                                                  n/a
Date of the transaction	1 April 2026
Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

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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