Scrip Dividend for 2014/15 Final Dividend

RNS Number : 8960P

National Grid PLC

11 June 2015

 



Thursday, 11 June 2015

National Grid plc (National Grid)

Scrip Dividend for 2014/15 Final Dividend

The optional scrip dividend, allowing shareholders to receive new fully paid ordinary shares in the Company, instead of a cash dividend, is available to ordinary shareholders on the register on 5 June 2015, the dividend record date.  A timetable is provided below.

For ordinary shareholders, the scrip dividend reference price for the 2014/15 final dividend is 857.46 pence.  This is calculated as the average closing mid-market price of an ordinary share for the five dealing days commencing with, and including, the ex-dividend date.

For American Depositary Receipt (ADR) holders, the scrip ADR reference price for the 2014/15 final dividend is US$65.8315.  This is calculated by multiplying the scrip dividend reference price above by five (as there are five ordinary shares underlying each ADR) and by the average US$ rate for the equivalent dates.  

The terms and conditions of the scrip dividend are available on the Company's website at www.nationalgrid.com in the Investors section, under Dividends or from Capita Asset Services (0371 402 3344, [e-mail]). 

2014/15 final dividend timetable:

21 May 2015	2014/15 full year results and final dividend amount declared - 28.16 pence per ordinary share; $2.1866 per ADR*
4 June 2015	Ordinary shares and ADRs go ex-dividend
5 June 2015	Record date
11 June 2015	Scrip dividend reference price announced
22 June 2015	Scrip dividend election date
21 July 2015	Annual General Meeting
5 August 2015	Dividend payment date

 * The figure shown is gross of a $0.02 per ADR dividend fee which will be applied to cash distributions made to ADR holders in relation to the 2014/15 final dividend.  This fee does not apply to ADRs received through the scrip dividend.

Contact: D Whincup, Company Secretarial Assistant

0207 004 3209

 

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