Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
05 July 2006


Notification of Directors'/PDMRs' Interests


On 4 July 2006 the Company was notified by the Trustees of the Scottish and
Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan ('the Plan') of the following changes in
directors'/PDMRs' interests in the Company's ordinary shares ('the Shares')
arising out of the operation of the Plan.


Awards of Shares under the Plan can be unconditionally released to participants
following the third anniversary of grant ('the Maturity Date').


The following directors/PDMRs elected to call for the release of the Shares set
out below following the Maturity Date. On 4 July 2006, sufficient Shares were
sold at £11.42 per share in order to discharge income tax and National Insurance
contribution liabilities arising on their release from the Deferred Bonus Plan
Trust ('the Trust').

Executive director/PDMR      Shares released       Shares sold at         Shares
                              from the Trust            £11.42 to      remaining
                                                  satisfy the tax
                                                        liability
Ian Marchant                        35,338               14,544         20,794
Alistair
Phillips-Davies                     17,667                7,271         10,396
Gregor
Alexander                           14,132                5,816          8,316
Vincent
Donnelly                             3,778                1,555          2,223
Paul Isgar                           1,150                  473            677
Tony Keeling                         1,115                  459            656
Ian Manson                           3,429                1,411          2,018
Adrian Pike                          1,034                  426            608
Brian Smith                          3,057                1,258          1,799
James Smith                          3,100                1,276          1,824
Paul Smith                           7,709                3,173          4,536
Robert McDonald                      1,701                  700          1,001
Alan Young                           3,026                1,245          1,781


The Trustees have transferred the Shares to satisfy these entitlements out of
the Trust.


Vincent Donnelly has transferred on 4 July 2006, 500 shares to each of his two
adult children.


As a result of the transactions referred to above the Trust holds a total of
729,861 Shares representing 0.08% of the Company's issued share capital. The
executive directors are technically deemed for Companies Act purposes to be
interested in all the Shares held by the Trust. The executive directors
shareholdings are as follows:

Executive director                       Total holding             Total holding
                                        following this           as a percentage
                                          notification              of shares in
                                                                           issue
Ian Marchant                                  93,997                     0.011%
Alistair Phillips-Davies                      30,942                     0.004%
Gregor Alexander                              21,398                     0.002%




Also, on 4 July 2006 , Mark Mathieson had exercised 500 options at an option
price of £3.15 and 500 options at an option price of £5.47.




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