In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, SSE plc ("the Company") would like to notify the market of the following:

As at 30 September 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 1,022,456,735 ordinary shares. This figure includes 1,732,179 ordinary shares which are held in treasury. The voting rights on treasury shares are automatically suspended.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 1,020,724,556 as at 30  September 2017 and this figure may be used by shareholders 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 and Transparency Rules.

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