Transaction in Own Shares

National Grid PLC
12 March 2008

National Grid plc - Transaction in Own Shares



12 March 2008



National Grid plc announces that on 11 March 2008 it purchased 741,270 of its
ordinary shares at a price of 720.1767 pence per share from Morgan Stanley
Securities Limited. The purchased shares will be held as Treasury shares.



Following the purchase of these shares, the number of ordinary shares with
voting rights in issue (excluding Treasury shares) will be 2,519,552,344 and the
number of ordinary shares in Treasury will be 62,361,172.





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