9th August 2010
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that, earlier today,
50,156 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital from 9 August 2010 consists of 3,607,629,112 ordinary shares, of which 140,849,054 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,466,780,058 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,466,780,058 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