11 July 2013
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Notification of Changes in Directors' Interests
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Performance Share Plan - Partial Vesting of Awards
Today National Grid received notification from UBS Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as Trustee of the National Grid Group Employee Share Trust that the following awards made to Executive Directors under the National Grid Performance Share Plan 2002, in the 2010 operation of the Plan, have vested partially as follows:
Director |
Original Award |
Lapsed |
Vested |
Steve Holliday |
384,220 |
91,340 |
292,880 |
Andrew Bonfield |
236,464 |
45,875 |
190,589 |
Tom King (ADSs) |
57,762 |
11,206 |
46,556 |
Nick Winser |
196,356 |
38,094 |
158,262 |
These awards were subject to performance conditions. The performance conditions were satisfied at 80.6%, as confirmed at the end of the performance period on 30 June 2013. The vested shares will be held in a retention period before being released to participants on 29 June 2014, with the exception of Andrew Bonfield who received his award on recruitment in November 2010. As such, the vested shares for Andrew will not be released until 30 November 2014.
We also notify that Tom King, Executive Director, received confirmation from his broker following the sale in the US on 10 July 2013 of a total of 3,500 National Grid ADSs at $55.2753 per ADS in order to rebalance his portfolio following the recent release of shares from a maturing share award.
The interests of the above directors, following these changes, are:
|
Total Interests in Shares |
Beneficially owned Shares |
Beneficial ownership as a % of salary using a share price of 760p per share.* |
Steve Holliday |
2,322,164 shares |
750,835 shares |
570% |
Andrew Bonfield ** |
961,975 shares |
569 shares |
<1% |
Tom King |
281,658 (ADSs) |
71,336 (ADSs) |
374% |
Nick Winser |
1,123,232 shares |
355,413 shares |
495% |
*Closing share price on 10 July 2013.
** Andrew Bonfield is more recently appointed.
Contact: Robin Kerner, Assistant Secretary
0207 004 3223