Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 May 2003

The Company was notified on 30 April 2003 by the Halifax, the provider of the
all employee Scottish and Southern Energy plc Share Incentive Plan, that 35,152
ordinary shares in the Company were purchased on 30 March 2003. These shares
were purchased and allocated to participants of the plan at a price of £6.435.
The purchase was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with the
Halifax for monthly purchases of shares. 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.

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%          13,222              0.0015%


Ian Marchant                25                 0.000003%          48,477              0.0056%                   

                            
David Sigsworth             25                 0.000003%          49,526              0.0058%                   

                            
Alistair Phillips-Davies    24                 0.000003%          8,318               0.0010%                    

                           
Gregor Alexander            25                 0.000003%          6,236               0.0007%                  

                            

The Company was also notified by Bedell Cristin Trust Company Limited, Trustees
of the Scottish and Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan ('the Trust') of the
purchase of 4,605 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of £6.59 per share.
This purchase was also pursuant to a regular standing order instruction. The
purchase was carried out on 8 April 2003 and related to the reinvestment by the
Trustees of the March 2003 dividend. For Companies Act purposes, the Executive
Directors are regarded as having an interest in shares held by the Trust.



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