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  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
12-31-2019
 
Check here if Amendment:      Amendment Number:
 
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
     adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:Standard Life Aberdeen plc 
Address:1 GEORGE STREET 
 EDINBURGH X0 EH2 2LL 

Form 13F File Number:  028-18172 


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:Robert Haggerty 
Title:Global Head of Major Shareholding Reporting 
Phone: 44-122-440-4399 

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ Robert Haggerty Aberdeen,  UNITED KINGDOM 02-10-2020 
[Signature][City, State][Date]

Do you wish to provide information pursuant to Special Instruction 5?        Yes      X  No

Report Type (Check only one.):

X  13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

     13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

     13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)