Aberdeen Asset Management Teams Up With Martin Laird

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the global asset management company, announces that the company will support Martin Laird, a Scottish professional golfer, on the PGA TOUR. The Aberdeen logo will appear on Laird's left shirt sleeve.

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The 29 year-old from Glasgow, Scotland claimed his first PGA TOUR victory at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in 2009. This victory secured his place on the TOUR in 2011, where he later claimed the biggest title of his career at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. This victory also marked the first-ever European winner at this Invitational. Laird has improved his money list position every year on the PGA TOUR since his rookie season in 2008. This past season he finished 23rd on the PGA TOUR Money List, and Martin is currently ranked 33rd in the Official World Golf Rankings.

After turning professional in 2004, Martin has continued to show incredible determination to succeed in the professional game and most recently accepted an affiliate membership to the European Tour to try to qualify for the 2012 Ryder Cup taking place at Medinah GC in Chicago, IL.

Most recently, Laird reached the quarter-finals of the World Golf Championship Tournament in Arizona and in January he finished second at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Resort's Plantation Course, Hawaii.

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the global asset management company with North American headquarters in Philadelphia, is a strong supporter of golf at all levels of the game, and also sponsors European Tour players Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie; OneAsia Tour professional Simon Yates; LPGA and LET regulars Catriona Matthew and Mhairi McKay, as well as both the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies Golf Association.

Commenting on the new deals, Martin Laird said: As a Scottish golfer competing in the United States, I am over the moon about this new sponsorship agreement with Aberdeen Asset Management. Their support of Scottish golf, not just in Scotland, the home of golf, but throughout the world, is fantastic and I, for one, will be proud to wear their logo wherever I play in the U.S. and around the world.

Martin Gilbert, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, said: Martin is a player we've been admiring from afar for the past couple of years; thanks to his encouraging performance on the golf course, he's been doing a great job of flying the flag for Scotland in the US. With our business developing in the US, it makes perfect sense for us to strike up partnership with this fine Scottish golfer – we are proud to have Martin Laird as our Global Golf Ambassador in the United States and we wish him all the best for the forthcoming year.

About Aberdeen Asset Management

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the parent company of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., is an independently‐run asset manager listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1991, and operating from 30 offices in 23 countries. The company invests on behalf of institutional and wholesale clients, primarily in equities, fixed income, alternative investment strategies and property. The Group manages more than US$270 billion of assets for both institutions and private individuals as of December 31, 2011.

Aberdeen Asset Management is the marketing name in the U.S. for the following affiliated, registered investment advisers: Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Ltd, Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd and Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd (collectively, the 'Aberdeen Advisers'). Each of the Aberdeen Advisers is wholly owned by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, collectively herein referred to as ("Aberdeen") or ("Group").

SOURCE Aberdeen Asset Management PLC