15th December 2008
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that 7,962 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants, earlier today, 15th December 2008. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital at 15 December 2008 consists of 2,581,974,851 ordinary shares, of which 153,699,022 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,428,275,829 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,428,275,829 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, National Grid plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contact: D C Forward,
Assistant Secretary
0207 004 3226