Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 9049J

SSE PLC

22 December 2015

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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	18 December 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 December 2015
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 (GB0007908733)

147,984,031

151,303,254

15.040%

ADRs

(US78467K1079)

170,731

170,371

0.017%

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

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

151,473,625

15.057%

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	151,473,625	15.057%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
• Capital Research and Management Company	148,896,989	14.801%
• Capital Income Builder	77,327,002	7.687%
• Capital Guardian Trust Company
• Capital International Limited
• Capital International Sàrl
• Capital International, Inc.