20th October 2009
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that, late yesterday 45,665 shares held in Treasury, and today a further 21,723 shares held in Treasury, were transferred to share scheme participants. Following these changes, National Grid plc's registered capital from 20 October 2009 consists of 2,606,666,100 ordinary shares, of which 146,411,012 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,460,255,088 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,460,255,088 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