Transaction in Own Shares

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SSE plc has purchased 660,938 of its ordinary shares through UBS AG London Branch between October 12 and October 16, 2026, as part of its £105 million share buyback program. These acquired shares will be held as treasury shares, resulting in a total of 1,220,984,165 voting rights remaining in the company. The weighted average price for these purchases ranged from 2,464.77 GBp to 2,561.97 GBp across various trading venues.

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SSE PLC
19 October 2026
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 October 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSE plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction in own shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSE plc (the "Company") announces that it purchased 660,938 of its ordinary shares of 50 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through UBS AG London Branch (“UBS”) between 12 October 2026 and 16 October 2026.

 

 

 

 

 

 

These purchases were made as part of the Company's £105 million share buyback programme as announced on 9 October 2026 (the “Programme”). All shares were purchased from UBS as an "on exchange" transaction subject to the rules of the London Stock Exchange and in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at SSE's Annual General Meeting on 16 July 2026 and Chapter 9 of the Listing Rules. The Ordinary Shares purchased will be held as treasury shares. To date, SSE has purchased 660,938 Ordinary Shares in aggregate from UBS in connection with the Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following settlement of the above transactions, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 1,223,926,985, with 2,942,820 shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 1,220,984,165. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table available at the link below contains detailed and aggregated information of the individual trades made by UBS as part of the Share Buyback.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3862Z_1-2026-10-16.pdf

 

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Venue

Weighted average price (GBp)

Aggregate number of shares

Lowest price paid (GBp)

Highest price paid (GBp)

12/10/2026

LSE

2,464.77

75,034

2,451.00

2,489.00

12/10/2026

BATE

2,465.69

9,848

2,456.00

2,484.00

12/10/2026

CHIX

2,465.95

23,938

2,452.00

2,490.00

12/10/2026

AQUIS

2,466.32

8,405

2,455.00

2,490.00

13/10/2026

LSE

2,506.16

103,687

2,483.00

2,525.00

13/10/2026

BATE

2,506.03

13,000

2,499.00

2,521.00

13/10/2026

CHIX

2,505.96

33,000

2,485.00

2,525.00

13/10/2026

AQUIS

2,504.63

11,000

2,485.00

2,521.00

14/10/2026

LSE

2,517.93

136,436

2,500.00

2,543.00

14/10/2026

BATE

2,520.26

9,212

2,506.00

2,541.00

14/10/2026

CHIX

2,519.34

22,205

2,505.00

2,542.00

14/10/2026

AQUIS

2,520.09

7,562

2,508.00

2,541.00

15/10/2026

LSE

2,536.63

84,365

2,514.00

2,555.00

15/10/2026

BATE

2,542.36

4,306

2,525.00

2,555.00

15/10/2026

CHIX

2,538.55

16,366

2,518.00

2,555.00

15/10/2026

AQUIS

2,539.89

3,518

2,521.00

2,555.00

16/10/2026

LSE

2,554.08

75,056

2,535.00

2,582.00

16/10/2026

BATE

2,561.40

3,000

2,547.00

2,581.00

16/10/2026

CHIX

2,560.93

18,000

2,544.00

2,581.00

16/10/2026

AQUIS

2,561.97

3,000

2,547.00

2,581.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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