RNS Number:7042U
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
27 January 2004


                         Scottish & Southern Energy plc


Scottish & Southern Energy plc announces that it purchased from Merrill Lynch
International for cancellation 200,000 of its ordinary shares on 27 January 2004
at a price of 640.2 pence per share.


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