Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
02 December 2002


The Company was notified by the Halifax, the provider of the all employee
Scottish and Southern Energy plc Share Incentive Plan on 29 November 2002, that
35,091 ordinary shares in the Company were purchased on 29 November 2002 at a
price of £6.22. These shares were allocated to participants of the plan at a
price of £6.25.

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
                                               

Colin Hood                  25                 0.000003%          13,096              0.0015%
Ian Marchant                25                 0.000003%          39,954              0.0046%
David Sigsworth             25                 0.000003%          53,734              0.0062%
Alistair Phillips-Davies    25                 0.000003%          4,870               0.0006%
Gregor Alexander            25                 0.000003%          3,847 *             0.0004%


* Mr Alexander's shareholding includes 3 shares arising from reinvestment of tax
credit by his PEP Manager and which has today been intimated to the Company. In
Mr Alexander's Declaration of Directors' Interests made on 7 October 2002 his
shareholding was overstated by 1,372 shares. This overstatement has now been
rectified.




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