In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

This disclosure is also to reflect the fact that the underlying investment management entity Standard Life Investments Limited crossed through a notifiable threshold due to the placing on 22 December 2017. The threshold crossed was 5% and Standard Life Investments Limited managed 5.02% shares in Smart Metering Systems plc prior to this crossing.

Standard Life Aberdeen plc published this content on 29 December 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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