Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 November 2002

The Company was notified by the Halifax, the provider of the all employee
Scottish and Southern Energy plc Share Incentive Plan on 31 October 2002, that
33,833 ordinary shares in the Company were purchased on 31 October 2002 at a
price of £6.43. These shares were allocated to participants of the plan at a
price of £6.355.

The purchase was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with the
Halifax for monthly purchases of shares.

The interests of Executive directors of the Company in the transaction were as
follows:
                            Number of shares                      Total holding       Total percentage of
                            purchased/                            following           shares in issue
Directors                                      Percentage of      notification        following
                            allocated          issued class                           notification
                                               0.000003%          13,071              0.0015%

Colin Hood                  25
Ian Marchant                                   0.000003%          39,926              0.0046%

                            25
David Sigsworth                                0.000003%          53,709

                            25                                                        0.0062%
Alistair Phillips-Davies                       0.000003%          4,845               0.0006%

                            24
Gregor Alexander                               0.000003%          5,191               0.0006%

                            25



The purchase of shares relates to an employees' share scheme extended to all or
most employees of participating Group companies and as such is not subject to
the provisions of the Model Code of the Listing Rules.






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