Director/PDMR Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 February 2008


SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company was notified on 31 January 2008 by Computershare Investor Services
plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the
following purchases on 31 January 2008 in the Company's ordinary shares:-


(a)     that 32,519 shares were purchased and allocated at £15.14 per share 
        using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').


(b)     that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees 
        and allocated a further 24,719 shares at £15.14 per share ('Matching
        Shares'). The Company gives employees 1 Matching Share for each 
        Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 5 Matching Shares 
        per employee, each month.


The purchase, referred to above, was made pursuant to a regular standing order
instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the monthly purchase of
Partnership Shares.


The interests of Executive directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions
were as follows:

Directors      Number of   Number   Percentage  Total        Total percentage of
               Partnership of       of issued   holding      shares in issue
               Shares      Matching class       following    following
                           Shares               notification notification


Colin Hood             9        5    0.000002%      27,617               0.003%
Director

Ian Marchant           9        5    0.000002%     119,091               0.014%
Director

Alistair
Phillips-Davies        8        5    0.000002%      31,307               0.004%
Director

Gregor
Alexander              9        5    0.000002%      32,575               0.004%
Director

Vincent
Donnelly               9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Michelle Hynd          9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Paul Isgar             9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Graham Juggins         9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Anthony                8        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
Keeling
PDMR

Ian Manson             9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Mark Mathieson         9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Robert                 9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
McDonald
PDMR

James
McPhillimy             9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Adrian Pike            8        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Brian Smith            3        3   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

James Smith            9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Paul Smith             9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR

Alan Young             9        5   N/A         N/A          N/A
PDMR


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