Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2513C

SSE PLC

12 April 2017

SSE PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that on 11 April 2017 it purchased for cancellation a total of 24,513 Ordinary Shares of nominal value £0.50 each in the capital of the Company. The purchases were carried out on behalf of SSE plc by Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, who have been engaged by SSE plc to manage part of SSE plc's capital return programme.

Average Price Per Share	1,479.98 pence
Lowest Price Per Share	1,479.00 pence
Highest Price Per Share	1,480.00 pence

These share purchases form part of the Company's existing share buy-back programme, details of which were announced on 11 November 2016. In respect of the share buy-back programme, which will operate until not later than 31 December 2017, any acquisitions will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares and Chapter 12 of the UK Listing Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a schedule of individual trades executed on behalf of the Company by Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited is set out below:

Price (pence)	Date	Time	Quantity	Exchange venue
1,480	11/04/2017	08:11:16	414	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	100	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	196	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	697	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	446	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	142	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	159	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:26:17	19	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	96	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	430	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	111	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	100	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	175	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:30:42	414	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:32:09	133	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:32:51	700	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:32:51	191	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:13	93	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:13	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:13	400	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:13	254	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:19	700	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:34:19	330	LSE
1,479	11/04/2017	08:34:55	437	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	08:35:18	452	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:14:27	455	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:35:45	447	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:35:45	495	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:35:46	1,279	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:35:56	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:35:56	48	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:36:28	282	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:36:28	302	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:38:03	600	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:38:03	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:38:03	602	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:38:03	144	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:38:03	472	LSE
1,479	11/04/2017	09:38:23	119	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	436	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	950	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	400	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	221	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	600	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	62	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	09:53:01	96	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:13:57	410	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:13:59	498	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	260	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	155	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	200	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	700	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	430	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	518	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	430	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:09	200	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:10	200	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:10	200	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:10	500	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:15:10	400	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:16:29	160	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:16:29	67	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:16:29	84	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:17:26	81	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:17:26	301	LSE
1,480	11/04/2017	10:18:09	20	LSE