(SL-.L) Standard Life PLC Buy/Sell

RNS Number : 9115U Standard Life plc 01 July 2009

Standard Life plc

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for a total of 500,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in Standard Life plc ('the Company') to trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance.

These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued as a result of share purchase matching commitments under The Standard Life Share Plan.

When issued, these shares will rank equally with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

1 July 2009

Enquiries:

Julie Durie, Group Secretariat, 0131 245 6772

Barry Cameron, Media Relations, 0131 245 6165

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations, 0131 245 6799

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RNS Number : 8314U Standard Life plc 30 June 2009

Standard Life plc

Standard Life plc ('the Company') was advised today by Computershare Investor Services PLC that, on 25 June 2009, the under mentioned executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities acquired the following interests in ordinary shares as a result of participation in The Standard Life Share Plan:

Number of Shares Price and Place of Transaction
Purchased

Executive Directors
Norman Keith Skeoch 68 £1.8393 - UK
David Thomas Nish 68 £1.8393 - UK

Other PDMRs
Marcia Dominic Campbell 68 £1.8393 - UK
Nathan Richard Parnaby 68 £1.8393 - UK
Joseph Iannicelli 73 C$3.441 - Canada

Each individual also received from the Company 13 free shares (except Mr Iannicelli who received the right to acquire 14 matching shares at a future date) in accordance with the share purchase matching commitment under the Share Plan.

This notice is given in fulfilment of obligations under DTR 3.1.4 (R).

30 June 2009

Enquiries:

Julie Durie, Group Secretariat, 0131 245 6772

Barry Cameron, Media Relations, 0131 245 6165

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations, 0131 245 6799

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RNS Number : 8335U Standard Life plc 30 June 2009

Standard Life plc

Voting Rights and Capital

In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, Standard Life plc ('the Company') hereby notifies that, as at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 2,213,029,061 ordinary shares with each share carrying the right to one vote.

The Company holds no ordinary shares in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company, as at the date of this announcement, is therefore 2,213,029,061.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

30 June 2009

Enquiries:

Julie Durie, Group Secretariat 0131 245 6772

Gordon Aitken, Investor Relations 0131 245 6799

Barry Cameron, Media Relations 0131 245 6165

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LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - British insurer Pearl Group said it plans to float on the London Stock Exchange and seek acquisitions as it unveiled a capital-raising and debt refinancing that will cut its investors' stake to 30 percent.
Under the deal, privately-held Pearl will sell itself to Euronext-listed takeover vehicle Liberty Acquisitions, which will provide the group with 510 million pounds ($839.4 million) of new capital, Pearl and Liberty said in a statement on Monday.
Liberty shareholders will own 60 percent of the new company, which will change its name to Pearl and remain listed on Euronext, while seeking a primary listing on the LSE "as soon as practicable," the two companies said.
Debt-laden Pearl said in April that it intended to float on the LSE once it had raised new capital.
Liberty said Pearl's restructuring would put it in a position "to take advantage of sector opportunities which we believe are unequalled in several decades."

Pearl's proposed transformation into a listed acquiror of distressed insurance assets would put the company in direct competition with quoted bid vehicle Resolution, reigniting rivalry between Pearl backer Hugh Osmond and Resolution founder Clive Cowdery.
Cowdery sold his previous venture, also called Resolution, to Osmond's Pearl for 5 billion pounds two years ago after a lengthy takeover battle during which Pearl saw off rival bidders Friends Provident and Standard Life.
Under Pearl's restructuring, its current investors - Osmond's Sun Capital and buyout firm TDR Capital - will be left with 29.5 percent of the company.
The remaining 10.5 percent will go to Pearl's banks and other creditors as part of a debt refinancing deal which will cut the group's borrowings by 560 million pounds.
Pearl has total debt of about 3 billion pounds, much of it taken out to finance its takeover of Resolution.
(Reporting by Myles Neligan; Editing by David Cowell) ($1=.6076 Pound) Keywords: PEARL/

(myles.neligan@reuters.com; +44 207 542 13 73)

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