Directors' Share Purchase

National Grid Transco PLC
22 July 2003

22 July 2003

National Grid Transco plc (NGT)

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Directors' Share Purchase

Sir John Parker, Chairman of NGT, today purchased a further 12,800 NGT shares at
390p per share.

This takes his total holding to 30,229 NGT shares.



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