Rule 8.3 - SCOTTISH POWER PLC

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              SCOTTISH POWER PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.42
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               29 November 2006

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

  (a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
       security dealt in (Note 3)


                             Long                   Short

                       Number       (%)       Number       (%)


(1) Relevant        69,212,326      4.65%    9,497,798     0.64%
securities
(2) Derivatives      3,553,068      0.24%    1,238,992     0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and      2,564,742      0.17%    3,754,136     0.25%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               75,330,136      5.06%   14,490,926     0.97%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                          Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                            Number                    Number
Scottish Power Plc GBP                    (%)                       (%)
(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


(c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      328,000              7.4028
Purchase      135,000              7.4474
Purchase      15,120               Transfer
Purchase      25,473               7.5500
Purchase      636,372              7.4173
Purchase      15,657               7.4600
Purchase      269,000              7.5400
Purchase      18,000               7.5450
Purchase      41                   7.4263
Purchase      31,500               7.5300
Purchase      262,000              7.4028
Purchase      75,000               7.4638
Purchase      586                  7.5500
Sale          400,000              7.3800
Sale          5,706                7.5685
Sale          393,600              7.4028
Sale          269,000              7.5400
Sale          729                  7.5460
Sale          800                  7.4663
Sale          323                  7.5489
Sale          63,982               7.4569
Sale          6,322                7.5500
Sale          10,375               7.5221
Sale          328,000              7.4028
Sale          75,000               7.5474
Sale          16,771               7.4533
Sale          301,849              7.4933
Sale          85,000               7.4229
Sale          269,000              7.5400
Sale          3,000                7.4435


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name,      (Note 6)      (Note 7)              Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD        Short         636372                7.4172
CFD        Short         41                    7.4263
CFD        Short         17729                 7.5310
CFD        Long          3000                  7.4435
CFD        Long          63982                 7.4569
CFD        Long          301849                7.4932
CFD        Long          10375                 7.5221
CFD        Long          269000                7.5399
CFD        Long          323                   7.5488
CFD        Long          5706                  7.5684


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)



4.   OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.





Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         30 November 2006
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk