Holding(s) in Company

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
07 September 2004


NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 TO 202 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (the Company) was notified on 6 September 2004
that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-
beneficial holders, have a notifiable interest in 31,218,452 ordinary shares in
the Company, being 3.64% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:
Nominee/Registered Name                   Management     Shares
                                          Company        Held

Chase Nominees Ltd.                          FIJ         55,600
Bank of New York -Brussels                   FIL        547,709
Bank of New York - Europe                    FIL        841,218
Bank of New York - London                    FIL      2,613,333
Bankers Trust                                FIL        177,855
BBH                                          FIL          1,500
Bermuda Far East                             FIL         22,800
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                     FIL        212,330
Chase                                        FIL         71,400
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt            FIL         71,700
Chase Manhattan Bank London                  FIL      1,649,567
Chase Nominees Ltd                           FIL        345,410
Citibank                                     FIL         92,400
Deutche Bank                                 FIL        322,500
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited    FIL        110,906
ING Luxembourg                               FIL         18,449
JP Morgan                                    FIL      1,303,034
Master Trust Bank of Japan                   FIL         29,800
Mellon Bank                                  FIL        170,382
Mellon Nominees Ltd                          FIL         54,300
Morgan Stanley                               FIL         92,875
National Australia Bank                      FIL        297,600
Northern Trust                               FIL      1,548,432
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                        FIL        384,556
Northern Trust London                        FIL        149,500
PICG                                         FIL          3,900
RBS Trust Bank                               FIL      1,632,742
Societe Generale Paris                       FIL         30,400
State Street Bank & Trust                    FIL        506,941
State Street Hong Kong                       FIL          9,700
State Street Munich                          FIL         17,436
State Street Nominees Ltd                    FIL        476,842
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees Limited                             FISL     7,056,842
State Street Nominees Limited                FMRCO        5,600
Bank of New York                             FMTC       202,500
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                 FMTC       271,534
Chase Nominees Ltd                           FMTC        54,800
Chase Nominees Ltd                           FMTC        44,100
Goldman Sachs and Co.                        FMTC        34,200
JP Morgan Chase                              FMTC        29,000
Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited                 FMTC       687,500
Lloyds Bank(Stock Exchange Branch)
Nominees Limited A/C                         FMTC         1,900
Mellon Bank                                  FMTC        14,900
Mellon Bank N.A.                             FMTC       285,084
Mellon Trust                                 FMTC        14,000
Morgan Stanley Trust Co.
Nominees Limited Bank                        FMTC           600
MSS Nominees Limited                         FMTC       200,300
Northern Trust                               FMTC       421,100
Royal Trust                                  FMTC        20,700
State Street Bank & Trust                    FMTC     1,530,221
State Street Nominees Ltd.                   FMTC     1,499,500
Bank of New York Europe                      FPM        255,043
Bank of New York London                      FPM        212,900
Bankers Trust                                FPM      2,456,380
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                     FPM         41,000
Chase Nominees Ltd                           FPM      1,360,631
Citibank                                     FPM        150,541
Mellon Nominees Ltd                          FPM        251,400
MSS Nominees Ltd                             FPM         38,059
Nordea                                       FPM         18,600
Northern Trust                               FPM        196,400
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                                            TOTAL    31,218,452



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