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If you want to buy or sell shares using the postal share dealing service, you'll need to call your local shareholder helpline to request a postal dealing form.

If you are buying shares you should enclose a cheque with the form. This cheque should be from a bank account in your name. You can ask Computershare for more postal dealing forms by calling your local shareholder helpline. To read the terms and conditions, please log on to www.computershare.com/uk/terms/sl

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This service is only available to shareholders in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Just call your local shareholder helpline and one of the team will be able to answer any questions and buy and sell shares in Standard Life plc for you.

If you are buying shares, you will need to pay by cheque. If you are selling shares, all sale proceeds, less dealing charges, will be sent to you in your registered name and to your registered address by cheque. To read the terms and conditions, log on to www.computershare.com/uk/terms/sl

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Shareholders in the UK and the Republic of Ireland are also able to buy shares online. If you are buying shares you will need to pay by cheque. If you're selling shares, all sale proceeds less dealing charges will be sent to you in your registered name and at your registered address.

To buy or sell shares in Standard Life plc online, just go to www.computershare.com, select share dealing and follow the simple instructions on the screen. To see Computershare's latest Internet Share Dealing Terms and Conditions go to www.computershare.com/uk/forms/sl.

Please note that these share dealing services will be provided to you by Computershare Investor Services PLC and Standard Life plc does not take any responsibility and will not be liable for any such services provided to you by Computershare Investor Services PLC.

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When you use any service or broker to buy and sell shares, a charge is deducted from your sale proceeds or added to the purchase price of the shares. The charges for the share dealing services (which are charged by and payable to Computershare Investor Services PLC and not Standard Life plc) are shown below:

Dealing Services (including purchases and sales)	Percentage of value of the deal			Minimum charge
	UK	RoI	Germ/Aust.	UK	RoI	Germ/ Aust.
Postal	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	£15	€20	€20
Telephone	1%	1%	n/a	£15	€32	n/a
Internet	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	£15	€32	€32

These share dealing charges are correct at the date of publication.

In addition to the share dealing charges, stamp duty (or stamp duty reserve tax) of 0.5% is payable on all share purchases.

Other share dealing services may have different levels of commission charges.

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If you hold a share certificate for your Standard Life shares, you can also buy and sell shares in Standard Life plc at any time by contacting a stockbroker or other authorised share dealing service of your choice.

If your shares are in the Standard Life Share Account and you want to sell them through a stockbroker or another share dealing service, you will first need to take your shares out of the Standard Life Share Account. You can do this by withdrawing from the Standard Life Share Account and:

• requesting a share certificate (the charge for this is £12 or €15), or
• transferring direct into another nominee (the charge for this is £15 or €22), or
• transferring direct into a bank share account in Germany or Austria (the charge for this is €22).

If you'd like to withdraw from the Standard Life Share Account, please call your local shareholder helpline to get a form to do this.

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