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 6 October 2015 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 6 October 2015 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a)        that 57,213 shares were purchased and allocated at £15.357per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b)        that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 21,060 shares at £15.357 per share ('Matching Shares').  The Company gives employees 1 Matching Share for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 3 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:

The members of the Executive Committee comprise SSE's list of persons discharging managerial responsibilities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

SHARESAVE MATURITY

The Company was notified on 6 October 2015 that  Colin Nicol (PDMR) was allotted 1,773 shares at a price of £8.71 per share on 1 October 2015 following his exercise of options under the Company's all-employee savings-related share option scheme.