Monday, 20 February 2012
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that, earlier today, 76,968 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme trustees. Following this change, National Grid's registered capital from 20 February 2012 consists of 3,700,949,542 ordinary shares, of which 135,459,675 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,565,489,867 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,565,489,867 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.
D C Forward
Assistant Secretary
0207 004 3226