SSE PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5078C)

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RNS Number : 5078C

SSE PLC

13 April 2017

SSE PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that on 13 April 2017 it purchased for cancellation a total of 3,197 Ordinary Shares of nominal value GBP0.50 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          1,479.18 pence 
  Share 
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 Lowest Price Per Share     1,479.00 pence 
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 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:

 
                                                    Exchange 
 Price (pence)      Date        Time     Quantity     venue 
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     1,480       13/04/2017   08:14:37     215        LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:41     235        LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:41     500        LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:45     500        LSE 
--------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:45      3         LSE 
--------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:57      1         LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:14:57     500        LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:15:02     454        LSE 
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     1,479       13/04/2017   08:15:02     426        LSE 
--------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
     1,480       13/04/2017   08:15:08     167        LSE 
--------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
     1,480       13/04/2017   08:15:08     196        LSE 
--------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 

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

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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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