16 October 2017

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ITS TERRITORIES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS OR OTHERWISE THAN TO PERSONS TO WHOM IT CAN LAWFULLY BE DISTRIBUTED

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

The following prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus dated 16 October 2017 relating to the issue of US$750,000,000 4.25 per cent Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2048 by Standard Life Aberdeen plc as issuer (the "Prospectus").

To view the full Prospectus, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

https://www.standardlifeaberdeen.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/12281/Prospectus_for_Standard_Life_Aberdeen_plc_4.25__fixed_rate_reset_subordinated_notes.pdf

The Prospectus will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information, please contact:

Paul McKenna              +44 (0) 131 245 1168

LEI code: 0TMBS544NMO7GLCE7H90

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

In particular, neither this announcement nor the Prospectus shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities law of any such jurisdiction.

The securities described in the Prospectus have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States. The securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Prospectus may not be accessed from, or transmitted in or into, the United States.

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