Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5011P

SSE PLC

01 September 2017

SSE PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that on 31 August 2017, the Company purchased (through Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc) a total of 80,910 Ordinary Shares of nominal value £0.50 each in the capital of the Company. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Average Price Per Share	1,421.45 pence
Lowest Price Per Share	1,419.00 pence
Highest Price Per Share	1,423.00 pence

These share purchases form part of the Company's existing Share Re-purchase 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc is set out below:

Date	Time	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange venue
31/08/2017	09:50:48	1,422.0000	1,155	LSE
31/08/2017	09:50:48	1,422.0000	290	LSE
31/08/2017	09:55:26	1,422.0000	1,820	LSE
31/08/2017	09:55:55	1,421.0000	1,652	LSE
31/08/2017	09:56:31	1,420.0000	872	LSE
31/08/2017	09:56:31	1,420.0000	927	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	158	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	506	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	556	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	664	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	342	LSE
31/08/2017	09:59:37	1,422.0000	13	LSE
31/08/2017	10:09:19	1,422.0000	721	LSE
31/08/2017	10:09:19	1,422.0000	579	LSE
31/08/2017	10:09:19	1,422.0000	261	LSE
31/08/2017	10:09:19	1,422.0000	461	LSE
31/08/2017	10:09:19	1,422.0000	354	LSE
31/08/2017	10:10:16	1,421.0000	415	LSE
31/08/2017	10:10:16	1,421.0000	545	LSE
31/08/2017	10:13:02	1,420.0000	894	LSE
31/08/2017	10:16:04	1,421.0000	2,279	LSE
31/08/2017	10:16:04	1,421.0000	663	LSE
31/08/2017	10:16:04	1,421.0000	230	LSE
31/08/2017	10:16:04	1,421.0000	292	LSE
31/08/2017	10:19:00	1,420.0000	1,014	LSE
31/08/2017	10:19:00	1,420.0000	842	LSE
31/08/2017	10:23:34	1,420.0000	599	LSE
31/08/2017	10:23:34	1,420.0000	1,660	LSE
31/08/2017	10:23:34	1,420.0000	887	LSE
31/08/2017	10:29:51	1,420.0000	2,419	LSE
31/08/2017	10:31:18	1,419.0000	813	LSE
31/08/2017	10:31:18	1,419.0000	1,722	LSE
31/08/2017	10:42:25	1,421.0000	4,538	LSE
31/08/2017	10:42:25	1,421.0000	1,071	LSE
31/08/2017	10:49:50	1,422.0000	821	LSE
31/08/2017	10:49:50	1,422.0000	928	LSE
31/08/2017	10:49:50	1,422.0000	172	LSE
31/08/2017	10:49:50	1,422.0000	1,959	LSE
31/08/2017	10:49:50	1,422.0000	1,942	LSE
31/08/2017	11:15:59	1,422.0000	4,095	LSE
31/08/2017	11:15:59	1,421.0000	964	LSE
31/08/2017	11:17:22	1,421.0000	414	LSE
31/08/2017	11:17:23	1,421.0000	802	LSE
31/08/2017	11:23:17	1,422.0000	1,839	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	388	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	385	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	513	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	821	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	64	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	264	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	441	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	73	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	1,671	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	762	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	705	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	575	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,422.0000	326	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,421.0000	1,749	LSE
31/08/2017	11:43:57	1,421.0000	858	LSE
31/08/2017	11:47:42	1,422.0000	747	LSE
31/08/2017	11:47:42	1,422.0000	1,538	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	845	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	522	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	171	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	228	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	33	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	399	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	954	LSE
31/08/2017	11:50:19	1,421.0000	284	LSE
31/08/2017	11:52:30	1,421.0000	1,405	LSE
31/08/2017	11:52:30	1,421.0000	203	LSE
31/08/2017	11:57:56	1,422.0000	1,188	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:21	1,423.0000	4,908	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:34	1,422.0000	221	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:34	1,422.0000	891	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:34	1,422.0000	799	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:34	1,422.0000	543	LSE
31/08/2017	11:58:34	1,422.0000	860	LSE
31/08/2017	12:08:59	1,423.0000	1,037	LSE
31/08/2017	12:10:45	1,423.0000	177	LSE
31/08/2017	12:12:02	1,422.0000	1,077	LSE
31/08/2017	12:14:27	1,422.0000	46	LSE
31/08/2017	12:14:27	1,422.0000	1,402	LSE
31/08/2017	12:14:27	1,422.0000	370	LSE
31/08/2017	12:14:27	1,422.0000	1,928	LSE
31/08/2017	12:16:26	1,421.0000	1,046	LSE
31/08/2017	12:16:26	1,421.0000	433	LSE
31/08/2017	13:02:06	1,423.0000	178	LSE
31/08/2017	13:11:28	1,422.0000	722	LSE
31/08/2017	13:25:03	1,421.0000	10	LSE