Tuesday, 1st March 2011
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid's registered capital at 28 February 2011 consisted of 3,648,339,475 ordinary shares, of which 140,267,130 had been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,508,072,345 shares with voting rights.
National Grid has been notified that earlier today, 5,999 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid's registered capital from 1 March 2011 consists of 3,648,339,475 ordinary shares, of which 140,261,131 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,508,078,344 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,508,078,344 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 under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contact: Arit Amana
Company Secretarial Assistant
0207 004 3116