31st Jan 2005 15:50
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC31 January 2005 The Company was notified on 31 January 2005 by Halifax plc, the provider of theall employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases in theCompany's ordinary shares:- a. that 26,880 shares were purchased at £8.92 using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares'). b. that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and purchased a further 15,922 shares at £8.92 ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 1 Matching Share for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 5 Matching Shares per month. The 42,802 shares (Partnership and Matching) were allocated to employees at£8.83 The purchase was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction withHalifax plc for monthly purchases of Partnership and Matching Shares for theSIP. The interests of Executive directors of the Company in the transactions were asfollows: Directors Number of Number Percentage Total holding Total Partnership of of issued following percentage of Shares Matching class notification shares in Shares issue following notification Colin 15 5 0.000002% 21,602 0.003%Hood Ian 15 5 0.000002% 64,523 0.008%Marchant David 15 5 0.000002% 43,888 0.005%Sigsworth Alistair 14 5 0.000002% 11,199 0.001%Phillips-Davies GregorAlexander 15 5 0.000002% 9,222 0.001% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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