3 April 2009
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that a total of 3,194,622 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants earlier today, due to sharesave scheme maturities. Following the change, National Grid plc's registered capital from 3 April 2009 consists of 2,581,974,851 ordinary shares, of which 149,942,003 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,432,032,848 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,432,032,848 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