Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
20 May 2004

Notification of Directors' Interests

Scottish and Southern Energy plc was notified on 19 May 2004 that one of its
non-executive directors, Sir Robert Smith, purchased 7,600 Ordinary 50p shares
on 19 May 2004 at a price of £6.745 per share.

Director     Number of   Percentage   Total holding    Total percentage
              shares      of issued     following      of issued shares
            purchased       share     notification        following
                           class                        notification
Sir Robert
Smith           7,600     0.000886%         15,200               0.002%


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