Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7313A

SSE PLC

09 June 2016

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				SSE plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		7 June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		8 June 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 15% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0007908733)

150,857,062

150,857,062

151,060,462

14.9920%

ADRs (ISIN: US78467K1079)

161,978

161,978

161,967

0.0161%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Not applicable

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Not applicable

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

151,222,429

15.0081%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Number of Shares Percent of Outstanding The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings 151,222,429 15.0081% Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: • Capital Guardian Trust Company1 • Capital International, Inc. 1 • Capital International Limited1 • Capital International Sàrl1 • Capital Research and Management Company2 148,670,267 14.755% -     Capital Income Builder3 78,291,002 7.7700%

1Subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 2Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 3Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

[e-mail]

14. Contact name:

Christopher Aquino

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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