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 5 February 2016 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 5 February 2016 in the Company's ordinary shares:-

(a)        that 62,670 shares were purchased and allocated at £14.0556 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').

(b)        that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 32,939 shares at £14.0556 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.