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SSEAnnouncement

13/04/2017 16:55

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 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
1,479.18 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
13/04/2017
08:14:37
215
LSE
1,479
13/04/2017
08:14:41
235
LSE
1,479
13/04/2017
08:14:41
500
LSE
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
1,479
13/04/2017
08:14:57
500
LSE
1,479
13/04/2017
08:15:02
454
LSE
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/

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