Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3731L

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

05 May 2010

TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS AND PDMRS

DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)

UK SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company was notified on 4 May 2010 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 4 May 2010 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a) that 56,166 shares were purchased and allocated at £10.9268 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 45,936 shares at £10.9268 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 2 Matching Shares for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 6 Matching Shares per employee, each month.

The purchase, referred to above, was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the monthly purchase of Partnership Shares.

The interests of Executive Directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions were as follows:

Director/PDMR	SIP Purchases		Total holding following notification
	Number of Partnership Shares	Number of Matching Shares
Colin Hood Director	12	6	129,394
Ian Marchant Director	12	6	218,518
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director	11	6	94,648
Gregor Alexander Director	12	6	85,948
Mark Mathieson PDMR	11	6	N/A
Adrian Pike PDMR	11	6	N/A
Paul Smith PDMR	12	6	N/A