Holding in Company

National Grid Group PLC
21 August 2000


National Grid Group plc ('National Grid')
21 August 2000

Notifications of Interest in National Grid
Ordinary Shares, Pursuant to Sections 198
to 208 of The Companies Act 1985
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On Friday 18th August 2000, National Grid
received a notification, dated 16 August,
from Barclays PLC.

Barclays PLC informed National Grid that,
through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC,
it had a notifiable interest in a total of
44,789,102 NGG ordinary shares (3.01%).

National Grid has today received a further
notification from Barclays PLC, dated 17
August 2000; informing that it no longer
has a notifiable interest in NGG shares.