Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
29 August 2003


Notification of Directors' Interests

On 29 August 2003 the Company was notified by the Trustees of the Scottish and
Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan ('the Plan') that there were the following
changes in directors' interests in the Company's ordinary shares ('the Shares')
arising out of the operation of the Plan.

Awards of Shares under the Plan can be unconditionally released to participants
following the third anniversary of grant ('the Maturity Date').

The following executive directors elected to call for the Shares set out below.
On 29 August 2003, sufficient Shares were sold at £6.36 in order to discharge
income tax and National Insurance contribution liabilities arising on their
release from the Deferred Bonus Plan Trust ('the Trust').


Executive director               Shares released from    Shares sold at £6.36 to           Shares remaining
                                            the Trust  satisfy the tax liability

Ian Marchant                                   10,000                      4,154                      5,846
Colin Hood                                      9,906                      4,115                      5,791
Alistair Phillips-Davies                        1,540                        640                        900
Gregor Alexander                                1,291                        536                        755


The Trustees have transferred the Shares to satisfy these entitlements out of
the Trust.

As a result of the transactions referred to above the Trust holds a total of
450,134 Shares representing 0.05% of the Company's issued share capital and the
executive directors are interested in the following Shares:


Executive director              Total holding following this  Total holding as a percentage
                                                notification             of shares in issue

Ian Marchant                                          53,938                         0.006%
Colin Hood                                            19,112                         0.002%
Alistair Phillips-Davies                               9,122                         0.001%
Gregor Alexander                                       7,042                         0.001%


In addition, the executive directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be
interested in all the Shares held by the Trust.


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