Holding in Company

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
11 December 2001


NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 TO 202 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company was notified on 10 December 2001 that The Prudential Assurance
Company Limited no longer had a notifiable interest in the issued share
capital of Scottish and Southern Energy plc.

Notwithstanding the above, certain companies within the Prudential Plc group
of companies continue to have a notifiable interest in 25,936,875 ordinary
shares of 50p each, being 3.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      25,447,212
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC        110,000
PRUDENTIAL EUROPEAN INDX TRACK           2,368
PRUDENTIAL UK INDEX TRACKER TS           3,412
ROY NOMINEES 578079                    172,480
ROY NOMS LTD 578141                    201,403
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                                    25,936,875