Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 September 2006


The Company was notified on 1 September 2006 by Computershare Investor Services
plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the
following purchases on 31 August 2006 in the Company's ordinary shares:-


(a)     that 30,455 shares were purchased and allocated at £12.0475
per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').


(b)     that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by
employees and allocated a further 22,144 shares at £12.0475 per share ('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 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:

Directors      Number of   Number   Percentage  Total        Total percentage of
               Partnership of       of issued   holding      shares in issue
               Shares      Matching class       following    following
                           Shares               notification notification

Colin Hood            11        5    0.000002%      24,976               0.003%
Director

Ian Marchant          11        5    0.000002%      94,029               0.010%
Director

Alistair
Phillips-Davies
Director              11        5    0.000002%      30,973               0.004%

Gregor
Alexander             11        5    0.000002%      21,430               0.002%
Director

Vincent
Donnelly              11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Michelle Hynd         10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Paul Isgar            10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Graham Juggins        11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Anthony               10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
Keeling
PDMR

Ian Manson            11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Mark Mathieson        10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Robert                11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
McDonald
PDMR

James
McPhillimy            11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Adrian Pike           10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Brian Smith            3        3   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

James Smith           10        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Paul Smith            11        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Alan Young             8        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR


Also, the Company was notified on 1 September 2006 that Alison Graham, the
partner of Colin Hood, director, purchased 1,000 Ordinary 50p shares in the
capital of the company on 31 August 2006 at a price of £12.11 per share.

Director Number of    Percentage of  Total holding    Total percentage of shares
         shares       issued share   following        in issue following
         purchased    class          notification     notification

Colin     1,000         0.0001%          25,976           0.003%
Hood




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