7 February 2017
National Grid plc ("National Grid")
ISIN Code: B00B08SNH3
Transaction in Own Shares
National Grid announces that it has purchased the following number of its Ordinary shares of 1117/43p each on the London Stock Exchange from Merrill Lynch International ("MLI") as part of its buy-back programme announced on 6 February 2017.
Date of purchase: |
7 February 2017 |
Number of Ordinary shares of 1117/43p each purchased: |
498,351 |
Highest price paid per share (pence): |
940.7859 |
Lowest price paid per share (pence): |
940.7859 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share |
940.7859 |
National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 191,015,284 of its Ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,751,968,163 Ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the "Market Abuse Regulation"), a schedule of individual trades by MLI on 7 February 2017 is set out below.
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions
Transaction Time |
Price per share (p) |
Quantity of shares purchased |
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This announcement will also be available on National Grid's website at http://investors.nationalgrid.com/rns.aspx.
Enquiries to:
C James, Company Secretarial Assistant, (0207 004 3116).