Petitions to Transfer Business

-3.19028555.948934EH1 1RQ-3.20428355.947478EH1 2EN-3.20710155.948501EH1 2DHFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000The City of Edinburgh2006-04-21EH12DH2006-04-13EH12EN2006-04-20EH11RQ2006-04-12Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk57960999999

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANYNotice is hereby given that on 12 April 2006, a Petition was presented to the Court of Session in Scotland (the “Court”) by The Standard Life Assurance Company, incorporated under The Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991, and with its head office at Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH (the “Company”) applying for, inter alia, an Order of the Court under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “Act”) sanctioning a scheme (the “Scheme”) under which the business of the Company (including the long term business) is to be transferred to SLLC Limited (registered in Scotland number SC286833) whose name is proposed to be changed to Standard Life Assurance Limited around the time of the transfer, incorporated under the Companies Acts and has its registered office at Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH. Copies of the Petition, a report of the independent expert on the Scheme prepared under section 109 of the Act, a Circular to Members and policyholders of the Company dated 13 April 2006 and a statement containing the terms of the Scheme and a summary of the report may be obtained by any person, free of charge, from our website www.standardlife.com, by calling 0845 275 3000 on any week day between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm (local time), or by writing to Standard Life, Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, until the date on which the Court sanctions the Scheme. In accordance with the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001, the Company will publish a series of notices in relation to the application. These are expected to be published in The Belfast Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette, The London Gazette, and at least two national newspapers in the UK and in certain other EEA states. Any person who believes that he/she would be adversely affected by the carrying out of the Scheme should seek independent legal advice and lodge written Answers (written objections) to the Petition with the Court at Paliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ, within 42 days of the publication of the last of these notices, which is expected to be 21 April 2006. This notice is given, pursuant to Regulation 3(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001 and has been approved by the Financial Services Authority. Dundas & Wilson CS LLP, Saltire Court, Edinburgh EH1 2EN, Solicitors to The Standard Life Assurance Company. 20 April 2006.