Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5111A
National Grid PLC
28 December 2017
 

28 December 2017

National Grid plc ("National Grid")

ISIN Code: GB00BDR05C01

Transaction in Own Shares

National Grid announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 12204/473p each on the London Stock Exchange from Barclays Capital Securities Limited ("Barclays") as part of its buy-back programme announced on 9 October 2017. The sole purpose of the programme is, as previously announced, to reduce the share capital of National Grid as part of the return of proceeds to shareholders following the sale of a majority interest in National Grid's UK gas distribution business.

Date of purchase:

28 December 2017

Number of Ordinary shares of 12204/473p each purchased:

14,172

Highest price paid per share (pence):

870.0000

Lowest price paid per share (pence):

870.0000

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

870.0000

 

National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 241,696,053 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,375,874,072 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

A schedule of individual trades carried out by Barclays (BARCGBN1) as principal in connection with the above purchases on 28 December 2017 is set out below.

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information

Trading venue

Volume weighted average price
(pence per share)

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

                                               867.9660

                                             1,143

Chi-X Europe

                                               868.0000

                                             3,499

Turquoise

                                               868.0000

                                             1,480

London Stock Exchange

                                               867.9944

                                             8,050

 

 

 

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

 

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction (including time zone)

Trading venue

Transaction reference number

                                                         388

                                   868.00

08:02:52

Chi-X Europe

592210444352803000

                                                         640

                                   868.00

08:02:52

BATS Europe

606284194798777000

                                                         114

                                   868.00

08:02:52

BATS Europe

606284194798777000

                                                         389

                                   867.90

08:02:52

BATS Europe

592210444352803000

                                                            33

                                   868.00

08:05:32

London Stock Exchange

606284194798777000

                                                            96

                                   868.00

08:05:32

London Stock Exchange

606284194798777000

                                                         700

                                   868.00

08:05:32

London Stock Exchange

606284194798777000

                                                         321

                                   868.00

08:05:32

London Stock Exchange

606284194798777000

                                                         449

                                   867.90

08:05:45

London Stock Exchange

592210444352804000

                                                      1,202

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

592210444353078000

                                                            93

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

592210444353078000

                                                         979

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

606284194799036000

                                                         451

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

606284194799036000

                                                         467

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Turquoise

592210444353078000

                                                         389

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Turquoise

606284194799036000

                                                            25

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Chi-X Europe

606284194799036000

                                                      1,091

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

592210444353078000

                                                      1,408

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

592210444353078000

                                                      1,183

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

606284194799036000

                                                      1,364

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Chi-X Europe

606284194799036000

                                                         883

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Chi-X Europe

606284194799036000

                                                         379

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Chi-X Europe

606284194799036000

                                                         266

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Turquoise

606284194799036000

                                                         460

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Chi-X Europe

606284194799036000

                                                         358

                                   868.00

16:08:31

Turquoise

606284194799036000

                                                            44

                                   868.00

16:08:31

London Stock Exchange

606284194799036000

 

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).


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