In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, SSE plc ("the Company") would like to notify the market of the following:
As at 31 October 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 1,022,460,638 ordinary shares. This figure includes 824,559 ordinary shares which are held in treasury. The voting rights on treasury shares are automatically suspended.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 1,021,636,079 as at 31 October 2017 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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