TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 8221P

SSE PLC

22 November 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	18 November 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 November 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Below 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)

153,124,903

149,943,106

14.7311%

ADRs

(ISIN: US78467K1079)

153,317

153,309

0.0151%

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

150,096,415

14.7462%

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	150,096,415	14.7462%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
• Capital Guardian Trust Company¹	3,169,695	0.3114%
• Capital International, Inc.¹	11,800	0.0012%
• Capital International Limited¹	121,600	0.0119%
• Capital International Sàrl¹	112,600	0.0111%
• Capital Research and Management Company²	146,680,720	14.4106%
- Capital Income Builder³	73,847,405	7.2551%