20th January 2009
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid was notified late yesterday that 8,824 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants, on 19th January 2009. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital from 19 January 2009 consists of 2,581,974,851 ordinary shares, of which 153,434,866 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,428,539,985 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,428,539,985 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