Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC 16 August 2000 Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons 1 Name of company: Scottish and Southern Energy 2 Name of director: David Sigsworth 3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest: Director and Spouse 4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified): David Sigsworth 5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): Director only 6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary: Exercise of Executive Share Options of the Company and sale of resultant shares 7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: N/A 8 Percentage of issued class: N/A 9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 57,000 10 Percentage of issued class: 0.0066% 11 Class of security: Ordinary 50p shares 12 Price per share: £6.04 13 Date of transaction: 15 August 2000 14 Date company informed: 15 August 2000 15 Total holding following this notification: 23,770 16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 0.0028% If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the following fields: 17 Date of grant: n/a 18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: n/a 19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option: n/a 20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: n/a 21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise: n/a 22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification: n/a 23 Contact name for queries: Ailsa Stroud, Assistant Company Secretary 24 Contact telephone number: 01738 455154 25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Vincent Donnelly, Company Secretary Additional Information:

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