Standard Life Equity Income Trust plc

Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2015

Copies of the above document have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') and will shortly be available for inspection at:www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm *

The documents is also available for download from the Company's website, using the following link:

http://www.standardlifeinvestments.com/equityincome/annualreport *

*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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