Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
26 July 2005


Notification of Directors'/PDMRs' Interests
On 25 July 2005 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 25 July 2005, sufficient Shares were
sold at £9.705 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         £9.705 to  remaining
                                            satisfy the tax
                                                liability
Ian Marchant                      14,063            5,798        8,265
Alistair
Phillips-Davie
s                                  5,740            2,366        3,374
Gregor
Alexander                          1,477              609          868
Vincent
Donnelly                           1,995              822        1,173
Paul Isgar                           995              410          585
Tony Keeling                       1,161              479          682
Ian Manson                         1,790              738        1,052
Adrian Pike                          805              332          473
Brian Smith                        2,793              896        1,278

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

As a result of the transactions referred to above the Trust holds a total of
629,509 Shares representing 0.07% 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                            72,898                   0.008%
Alistair
Phillips-Davies                         16,571                   0.002%
Gregor
Alexander                               10,200                   0.001%

Also, on 25 July 2005, the Company was notified by Natwest Stockbrokers that,
Gregor Alexander had exercised 10,000 options at an option price of £5.47. 7,438
shares were sold at £9.6205 per share in order to discharge costs and income
tax, and the balance of 2,562 shares has been retained. His shareholding is now
as follows:
Executive director                 Total holding           Total holding
                                  following this         as a percentage
                                  notification              of shares in
                                                                 issue
Gregor
Alexander                               12,762                   0.001%



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