Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9088N

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

08 September 2011

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 7 September 2011 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 6 September 2011 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a) that 49,182 shares were purchased and allocated at £12.67 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 47,244 shares at £12.67 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	10	6	142,740
Ian Marchant Director	10	6	231,337
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director	10	6	103,866
Gregor Alexander Director	10	6	93,684
David Franklin PDMR	4	6	N/A
Rob McDonald PDMR	10	6	N/A
Jim McPhillimy PDMR	10	6	N/A
Mark Mathieson PDMR	10	6	N/A
Paul Smith PDMR	10	6	N/A
Alan Young PDMR	10	6	N/A