Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
19 August 2005


The Company was notified on 18 August 2005 by Computershare Investor Services
plc, the trustee of the all employee Scottish and Southern Energy plc Share
Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the award of 50 free shares in the Company to
eligible employees. The shares were awarded on 18 August 2005 and allocated at
£9.9950 and will be held in trust for three years.

The interests of the Directors/ PDMRs of the Company in the transaction are as
follows:

Name/           Number of  Percentage  Total holding   Total percentage
Designation     shares     of issued   following       of shares in
                awarded    class       notification    issue following
                                                       notification

Ian Marchant         50    0.000006%   72,966          0.008%
Director
Colin Hood           50    0.000006%   21,772          0.003%
Director
Gregor
Alexander            50    0.000006%   12,830          0.001%
Director
Alistair
Phillips-Davies      50    0.000006%   16,639          0.002%
Director
Vincent
Donnelly             50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Michelle             50    N/A         N/A             N/A
Hynd
PDMR
Paul Isgar           50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Graham Juggins       50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Anthony
Keeling              50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Ian Manson           50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Mark Mathieson       50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Robert
McDonald             50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
James
McPhillimy           50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Adrian Pike          50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Brian Smith          50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
James Smith          50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Paul Smith           50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR
Alan Young           50    N/A         N/A             N/A
PDMR



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