DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)
The Company was notified on 2 April 2015 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 2 April 2015 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
(a) that 54,529 shares were purchased and allocated at £15.03 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 59,098 shares at £15.03 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 |
|
Gregor Alexander Director |
9 |
6 |
137,032 |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
8 |
6 |
145,753 |
Jim McPhillimy PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Will Morris PDMR |
8 |
6 |
N/A |
Colin Nicol PDMR |
10 |
6 |
N/A |
Martin Pibworth PDMR |
2 |
4 |
N/A |
The members of the Executive Committee comprise SSE's list of persons discharging managerial responsibilities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.