Wednesday, 15 August 2012
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid confirms that, following the issue of 67,091,300 ordinary shares earlier today, in relation to the operation of the Scrip Dividend Scheme for the 2011/12 final dividend, National Grid's registered capital from 15 August 2012 consists of 3,768,040,842 ordinary shares, of which 130,190,782 shares are held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,637,850,060 shares with voting rights.
The figure 3,637,850,060 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
020 7004 3116