Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4305B

National Grid PLC

16 June 2016

National Grid plc (National Grid)

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Notification of Directors' and Executive Committee Members Interests
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DSP-2013 Award Release

Late yesterday, National Grid received notification from UBS Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as Trustee of the National Grid Group Employee Share Trust (the 'Trust'), confirming that the 2013 awards made to Executive Directors and Executive Committee Members under the Deferred Share Plan were released on 13 June 2016 (being the third anniversary of the date of the awards) in accordance with the plan rules. The number of shares disclosed below that have been transferred to participants by the Trustee are net of shares sold to cover statutory deductions and associated costs.

The Shares released to Executive Directors and Executive Committee Members are as follows:

Director	Number of Shares
John Pettigrew	7,546 Shares
Andrew Bonfield	24,072 Shares
Steve Holliday	30,083 Shares
Executive Committee Member
Alison Kay	3,269 Shares
George Mayhew	3,945 Shares
Mike Westcott	5,970 Shares

The total share interests of the above directors and executive committee members, following these changes, are:

Director	Number of Shares
John Pettigrew	642,228 Shares
Andrew Bonfield	1,151,737 Shares
Steve Holliday	2,634,140 Shares
Executive Committee Member
Alison Kay	283,671 Shares
George Mayhew	266,667 Shares
Mike Westcott	360,215 Shares