Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
15 October 2003

Notification of Directors' Interests

Scottish and Southern Energy plc wishes to notify the following changes in the
interests of Gregor Alexander and David Sigsworth in the Company's ordinary 50p
shares following an announcement to the Company on 14 October 2003 by the PEP
Manager, The Bank of New York. The acquisitions were following the reinvestment
of dividends on 29 September 2003, pursuant to a regular standing order
instruction.

Director                   Number of Shares
Gregor Alexander           25
David Sigsworth            344



Also on 14 October 2003 Gregor Alexander received 676 shares in the Company
following the exercise of a 3-year Savings Related Share Option Scheme. The
options were granted in July 2000 at a price of £4.58 per share.

The interests of Gregor Alexander and David Sigsworth following the above
transactions were as follows:


Director              Number of Shares      Percentage of issued  Total holding         Total percentage of
                      purchased             class                 following             shares in issue
                                                                  notification          following notification
Gregor Alexander      701                   0.00008%              7,768                 0.001%
David Sigsworth       344                   0.00004%              50,010                0.006%






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