Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9921Z

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

24 January 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 24 January 2011 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 24 January 2011 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a) that 50,001 shares were purchased and allocated at £12.2680 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 46,180 shares at £12.2680 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	137,884
Ian Marchant Director	10	6	225,697
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director	11	6	98,773
Gregor Alexander Director	10	6	90,408
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