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RNS Number : 0760O

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

15 August 2017

TR-1: Notification of major holdings


1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedⁱⁱ:			Standard Life Aberdeen plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						X
Other (please specify)ⁱⁱⁱ:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation^iv
Name			Lloyds Banking Group plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)^v
Name			Lloyds Bank plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, England
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^vi:			14 August 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			15 August 2017
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer^vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.282%	N/A		3.282%	3.282%
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A		N/A

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights^ix					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
ORD GBP0.1222222 GB00BVFD7Q58		97,678,597		36,027			3.281%		0.001%


SUBTOTAL 8. A		97,714,624					3.282%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date^x	Exercise/ Conversion Period^xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A			N/A


			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			N/A			N/A

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date^x		Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xi		Physical or cash settlement^xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A	N/A


					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			N/A	N/A

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer^xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity^xiv(please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name^xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Lloyds Banking Group plc
Lloyds Bank plc	3.281%	N/A	3.281%

Lloyds Banking Group plc
Lloyds Bank plc	3.281%	N/A	3.281%
Lloyds Bank Subsidiaries Limited
Lloyds Bank Holdings (Jersey) Limited
Lloyds Bank International Limited

Lloyds Banking Group plc
Lloyds Bank plc	3.281%	N/A	3.281%
Perry Nominees Limited

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information^xvi
Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 2,977,229,231

12. Contact name:

Andrew Kellett, Lloyds Banking Group plc.

Paul McKenna, Standard Life Aberdeen plc

13. Contact telephone number:

0113 235 7729 - Lloyds Banking Group plc

0131 245 1168 - Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Place of completion	Leeds, England
Date of completion	15 August 2017

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