Holding(s) in Company

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
15 March 2004

NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 TO 202 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (the Company) was notified on 12 March 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 26,714,302 ordinary shares in
the Company, being 3.11% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:

Nominee/Registered Name    Management       Shares
                              Company         Held

State Street Nominees Limited   FMRCO         2,800

Chase Nominees Ltd.             FMTC        320,200

BT Globenet Nominees Limited    FMTC         87,200

State Street Bank & Trust       FMTC        415,100

Mellon Bank                     FMTC         81,200

Bank of New York                FMTC          1,200

JP Morgan                       FMTC         72,000

MSS Nominees Limited            FMTC        105,800

Goldman Sachs and CO.           FMTC         15,900

Northern Trust                  FMTC         16,400

Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited    FMTC        462,700

Nortrust Nominees               FMTC         31,900

Bank of New York - Europe       FMTC         28,800

State Street Nominees Limited   FMTC        695,300

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees Ltd                    FISL      3,963,717

Chase Nominees Ltd              FISL      1,141,025

Northern Trust                  FPM         116,700

Mellon Nominees Ltd             FPM         244,600

Bank of New York London         FPM          68,600

RBS Trust Bank                  FPM          89,000

Bankers Trust                   FPM       1,962,856

Nortrust Nominees Ltd           FPM         147,800

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd        FPM          30,000

Chase Nominees Ltd.             FPM       1,568,531

Citibank                        FPM          61,900

Bank of New York Europe         FPM         150,700

Nordea                          FPM          10,000

MSS Nominees Ltd                FIL       2,423,600

Chase Nominees Ltd              FIL         283,180

Nortrust Nominees Ltd           FIL       1,012,090

Bankers Trust                   FIL         296,200

RBS Trust Bank                  FIL       1,261,993

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd        FIL         238,830

NAB-Australia                   FIL         120,800

State Street Bank & Trust       FIL       1,492,460

Citibank                        FIL         104,100

Bank of New York Europe         FIL         949,200

Northern Trust                  FIL         944,377

National Australia Bank         FIL          28,600

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
(UK)Ltd                         FIL          50,700

Chase Manhattan Bank London     FIL       1,516,122

Bank of New York London         FIL       2,418,723

JP Morgan                       FIL       1,425,500

Citibank                        FIL           6,800

Mellon Nominees Ltd             FIL          25,300

Master Trust Bank of Japan      FIL          10,700

Bank of New York Brussels       FIL          69,400

PICG                            FIL           2,100

Chase Manhattan Bank AG 
Frankfurt                       FIL          38,100

ING Luxembourg                  FIL           9,298

Bermuda Far East                FIL          11,100

State Street Hong Kong          FIL           5,000

Bank of Bermuda                 FIL          74,300

Mitsubishi Trust                FIL           3,800




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