1 June 2012
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid's registered capital at 31 May 2012 consisted of
3,700,949,542 ordinary shares, of which 131,557,687 were held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,569,391,855 shares with voting rights.
National Grid has been notified that earlier today, 63,461 shares held in treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid's registered capital from 1 June 2012 consists of 3,700,949,542 ordinary shares, of which 131,494,226 are held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,569,455,316 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,569,455,316 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