Wednesday, 17 August 2011
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid confirms that, following the issue of 47,083,654 ordinary shares earlier today, in relation to the operation of the Scrip Dividend Scheme for the 2010/11 final dividend, National Grid's registered capital from 17 August 2011 consists of 3,695,423,129 ordinary shares, of which 136,258,816 shares are held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,559,164,313 shares with voting rights.
The figure 3,559,164,313 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: Arit Amana
Company Secretarial Assistant
0207 004 3116