Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
14 January 2005


The Company was notified on 13 January 2005 by Halifax plc, the provider of the
all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), that the cash dividends paid on 30/9/
2002, 30/9/2003, 16/4/2004 and 30/9/2004 were reinvested into dividend shares.
Details of these dividend shares and the resulting effect on the interests of
Executive directors of the Company in the transactions were as follows:




            Date of                   Date of                        Date of                       Date of
            reinvest            Div  reinvest                Div     reinvest             Div      reinvest
             -ment     Price   Shares  -ment      Price     Shares    -ment     Price    Shares    -ment
Alistair
Phillips-
Davies                               30-Sep-03   £6.1350     14    16-Apr-04    £6.8250  8      30-Sep-04   

Colin 
Hood                                 30-Sep-03   £6.1350     15    16-Apr-04    £6.8250  9      30-Sep-04       

David
Sigsworth                            30-Sep-03   £6.1350     15    16-Apr-04    £6.8250  9      30-Sep-04       

Gregor
Alexander    30/09/02   £6.8     2   30-Sep-03   £6.1350     15    16-Apr-04    £6.8250  9      30-Sep-04   

Ian 
Marchant                             30-Sep-03   £6.1350     15    16-Apr-04    £6.8250  9      30-Sep-04       


Cont..
                      Price         Div                                                     Total percentage            
                                   shares     Total     Percentage of     Total holding   of shares in issue
                                                         issued class      following          following 
                                                                          notification       notification
Alistair 
Phillips-
Davies               £7.6600         21        43          0.000005%         11,180         0.001%

Colin                            
Hood                 £7.6600         21        45          0.000005%         21,583         0.003%

David 
Sigsworth            £7.6600         21        45          0.000005%         43,869         0.005%
                                             
Gregor 
Alexander            £7.6600         21        47          0.000005%          9,203         0.001%

Ian 
Marchant             £7.6600         21        45          0.000005%         64,504         0.008%






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