Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5513V

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

03 November 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 3 November 2010 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 2 November 2010 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a) that 53,234 shares were purchased and allocated at £11.6398 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 46,694 shares at £11.6398 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	11	6	136,343
Ian Marchant Director	11	6	225,648
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director	10	6	98,723
Gregor Alexander Director	11	6	90,359
Mark Mathieson PDMR	11	6	N/A
Adrian Pike PDMR	11	6	N/A
Paul Smith PDMR	11	6	N/A