Transaction in Own Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 August 2007


Scottish and Southern Energy plc


Scottish and Southern Energy plc announces that Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited has purchased on 1 August 2007, on the Company's behalf,
400,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of £14.2988 per share for
cancellation.


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