Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
07 July 2004


Notification of Directors' Interests

Scottish and Southern Energy plc was notified on 7 July 2004 that one of its
non-executive directors, Kevin Smith, purchased 2,000 Ordinary 50p shares on 7
July 2004 at a price of £6.795 per share.

Director     Number of   Percentage   Total holding    Total percentage
              shares      of issued     following      of issued shares
            purchased       share     notification        following
                           class                        notification
Kevin           2,000     0.000002%          2,000            0.000002%
Smith








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