Tuesday 25th August 2009
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
Late today, National Grid was notified that, on Monday 24th August 2009, 76,443 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital from 24 August 2009 consists of 2,606,666,100 ordinary shares, of which 146,861,269 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,459,804,831 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,459,804,831 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