Aberdeen Asset Management : Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) Aberdeen Asset Mgmt Plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code')

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Aberdeen Asset Management Plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Aberdeen Asset Management Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	23-June-2017
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'	Yes If YES, specify which: Standard Life Plc

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)(i) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
10p ordinary	Purchases	269,029	2.943 (GBP)	2.910 (GBP)
10p ordinary	Sales	258,580	2.942 (GBP)	2.908 (GBP)

(a)(ii) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBp)
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short	102	292.46
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short	760	292.55
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short	20500	292.90
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short	2663	293.01
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short	17210	293.20
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	19	291.96
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	690	291.96
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	28	292.06
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	932	292.06
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	64	292.32
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	2100	292.32
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	2080	292.90
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	153	293.10
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	3200	293.10
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	100	293.18
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	1727	293.18
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	2358	293.20
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	2	293.27
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	93	293.27
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	1044	293.46
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	19006	293.46
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	85	293.72
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	1541	293.72
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	63	293.81
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	1156	293.81
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	830	293.88
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	47	293.97
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a short	1186	293.97

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

Date of disclosure:	26-June-2017
Contact name:	Anthony Allen / Paul MacDonald
Telephone number:	0207 888 5416 / 8548

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel [e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.