Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
06 December 2004



On 3 December 2004, Gregor Alexander was allotted 273 shares at an option price
of £5.66 per share following his exercise of options under the Company's
all-employee savings-related share option scheme.

The interests of Gregor Alexander after the transaction is as follows:

Director    Number of    Percentage  Total holding   Total percentage of
            Shares       of issued   following       shares in issue
            Allocated    class       notification    following
                                                     notification
            
Gregor
Alexander   273          0.00003%    9,136           0.001%




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