Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
11 August 2005


Notification of PDMR's Interests

On 4th August 2005 the Company was notified by the Trustees of the Scottish and
Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan ('the Plan') of the following change in a
PDMR's 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.

On 4th Augus 2005 Robert MacDonald elected to call for the release of 1,219
Shares from the Deferred Bonus Plan Trust (the 'Trust') and on the same date,
504 Shares were sold at £9.8955 per Share in order to discharge income tax and
National Insurance contribution liabilities arising on the release of the Shares
from the Trust with the remaining 715 shares being retained by Robert MacDonald.

The Trustees have transferred the Shares referred to above out of the Trust. As
a result of these transactions the Trust holds a total of 616,617 Shares
representing 0.07% of the Company's issued share capital.
The executive directors of the Company are technically deemed for Companies Act
purposes to be interested in all the Shares held by the Trust.






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