About Standard Life

Standard Life provides long-term savings, investment and insurance solutions to more than 1.4 million customers, including group benefit and retirement plan members. With about 2,000 employees in Canada, Standard Life is focused on supporting advisors and meeting the long-term savings needs of customers, so that they feel confident and optimistic about the future.

Standard Life plc is a leading long-term savings and investment company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Standard Life has around 6 million customers worldwide and operates in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, and globally with Standard Life Investments Ltd.

In Canada, Standard Life has been doing business for 178 years. Standard Life Financial Inc., which wholly owns The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada and Standard Life Mutual Funds Ltd., is Standard Life plc's largest operation outside the UK. With about 2,000 employees, it provides long-term savings, investment and insurance solutions to more than 1.4 million Canadians, including group benefit and retirement plan members.

As of September 30, 2011, Standard Life plc had $310 billion in assets under administration, including $40 billion in Canada through Standard Life Financial.