Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5562D

SSE PLC

27 June 2019

 

SSE PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that on 26 June 2019 it purchased for cancellation a total of 132,504 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, who have been engaged by SSE plc to manage part of SSE plc's £200m capital return programme announced on 1 February 2019.

Average Price Per Share	1,119.22 pence
Lowest Price Per Share	1,115.00 pence
Highest Price Per Share	1,125.50 pence

These share purchases form part of the Company's discretionary share buyback programme made in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at SSE's Annual General Meeting on 19 July 2018 and Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules.  Any acquisitions will be effected within certain pre-set parameters.

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:

Issuer name	Date	Daily total volume (in number of shares)	Average Market Price Paid per Share (GBP)
SSE plc	22-May-19	273,091	1,013.24
SSE plc	23-May-19	292,123	1,006.90
SSE plc	24-May-19	157,986	1,029.58
SSE plc	28-May-19	148,173	1,039.26
SSE plc	29-May-19	152,234	1,040.58
SSE plc	30-May-19	145,173	1,049.34
SSE plc	31-May-19	120,847	1,069.55
SSE plc	03-Jun-19	91,254	1,083.19
SSE plc	04-Jun-19	110,640	1,084.23
SSE plc	05-Jun-19	73,326	1,088.05
SSE plc	06-Jun-19	125,134	1,104.31
SSE plc	07-Jun-19	136,236	1,124.65
SSE plc	10-Jun-19	135,471	1,119.33
SSE plc	11-Jun-19	139,582	1,115.99
SSE plc	12-Jun-19	130,855	1,121.62
SSE plc	13-Jun-19	128,208	1,125.80
SSE plc	14-Jun-19	131,599	1,123.68
SSE plc	17-Jun-19	139,265	1,114.21
SSE plc	18-Jun-19	130,543	1,120.97
SSE plc	19-Jun-19	137,115	1,115.83
SSE plc	20-Jun-19	136,991	1,116.27
SSE plc	21-Jun-19	138,985	1,115.93
SSE plc	24-Jun-19	139,445	1,108.08
SSE plc	25-Jun-19	129,413	1,123.86
SSE plc	26-Jun-19	132,504	1,119.22
Total		3,576,193

A full list of all share repurchase transactions to date are available using the following link:

http://sse.com/investors/share-repurchase-programme/

 

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