Holding(s) in Company

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
6 October 2004


        NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 TO 202 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company was notified on 5 October 2004 that Prudential plc and all its 
subsidiary companies no longer had a notifiable interest in the issued share 
capital of Scottish and Southern Energy plc.


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