Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9821R

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

01 September 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 31 August 2010 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 31 August 2010 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a) that 54,467 shares were purchased and allocated at £11.3381 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 47,030 shares at £11.3381 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	134,634
Ian Marchant Director	11	6	225,481
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director	11	6	98,594
Gregor Alexander Director	11	6	89,894
Mark Mathieson PDMR	11	6	N/A
Adrian Pike PDMR	11	6	N/A
Paul Smith PDMR	11	6	N/A