Wednesday, 11 January 2017
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid confirms that, following the issue of 3,498,317 ordinary shares earlier today, in relation to the operation of the Scrip Dividend Scheme for the 2016/17 interim dividend, National Grid's registered capital consists of 3,942,983,447 ordinary shares, of which 184,736,542 shares are held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,758,246,905 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,758,246,905 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The current terms and conditions of the scrip dividend scheme are available on the Company's website at www.nationalgrid.com in the Investors section, from Capita Asset Services (0371 402 3344, nationalgrid@capita.co.uk) and are also set out in full in the announcement released by the Company on 1 December 2016, which is available on the National Storage Mechanism.
Contact: Ceri James, Company Secretarial Assistant (020 7004 3116)