Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3103L

SSE PLC

18 July 2017

 

SSE PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that on 17 July 2017 it purchased for cancellation a total of 20,854  Ordinary Shares of nominal value £0.50 each in the capital of the Company.  The purchases were carried out on behalf of the Company by Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, who have been engaged to manage part of the Company's capital return programme.

Average Price Per Share	1,474.98 pence
Lowest Price Per Share	1,474.00 pence
Highest Price Per Share	1,475.00  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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc is set out below:

Date	Time	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange venue
17/07/2017	08:03:01	1,475.0000	170	LSE
17/07/2017	08:03:01	1,475.0000	217	LSE
17/07/2017	08:03:01	1,475.0000	381	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	36	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	610	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	333	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	610	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	648	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	55	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	220	LSE
17/07/2017	08:42:36	1,475.0000	333	LSE
17/07/2017	08:47:13	1,475.0000	352	LSE
17/07/2017	08:47:13	1,475.0000	362	LSE
17/07/2017	08:51:27	1,475.0000	358	LSE
17/07/2017	08:51:27	1,475.0000	348	LSE
17/07/2017	08:54:04	1,475.0000	394	LSE
17/07/2017	08:56:33	1,475.0000	359	LSE
17/07/2017	09:05:48	1,475.0000	359	LSE
17/07/2017	09:05:48	1,475.0000	348	LSE
17/07/2017	10:02:58	1,475.0000	395	LSE
17/07/2017	10:04:35	1,475.0000	389	LSE
17/07/2017	12:38:54	1,475.0000	361	LSE
17/07/2017	13:17:28	1,475.0000	347	LSE
17/07/2017	13:17:28	1,475.0000	353	LSE
17/07/2017	13:21:35	1,475.0000	375	LSE
17/07/2017	13:32:44	1,475.0000	291	LSE
17/07/2017	13:32:44	1,475.0000	85	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	117	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	219	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	342	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	351	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	337	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	353	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	338	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	351	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:12	1,475.0000	342	LSE
17/07/2017	13:40:52	1,474.0000	409	LSE
17/07/2017	13:50:59	1,475.0000	405	LSE
17/07/2017	13:51:44	1,475.0000	381	LSE
17/07/2017	14:21:31	1,475.0000	234	LSE
17/07/2017	14:21:46	1,475.0000	258	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	347	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	337	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	149	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	258	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	2,328	LSE
17/07/2017	14:22:45	1,475.0000	1,380	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	132	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	225	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	351	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	352	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	312	LSE
17/07/2017	14:29:17	1,475.0000	52	LSE
17/07/2017	15:45:10	1,475.0000	638	LSE
17/07/2017	15:45:10	1,475.0000	467	LSE

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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