Scrip Dividend and Dividend R

RNS Number : 9378F

National Grid PLC

21 January 2010

National Grid plc ('NG')

21 January 2010

Notification of Directors' Interests

- Scrip Dividend and Dividend Reinvestment:

NG today received notification from the Trustee that, following the operation of cash dividend reinvestment (the shares were purchased in the market at 653p per share on 20 January 2010):

- In the Lattice Group All Employee Share Ownership Plan, Steve Lucas became interested in an additional 21 ordinary shares;

- In the National Grid Share Incentive Plan, Mark Fairbairn became interested in an additional 38 ordinary shares.

- Steve Holliday became interested in a total of 488 shares held under the National Grid Share Matching Scheme, allotted on 20 January 2010 under the terms of the National Grid plc Scrip Dividend Scheme (the 'Scheme') at the Scrip Dividend Reference Price of 646.5p per share.

NG also received notification earlier today from the Registrars that, under the Scheme, Sir John Parker and Mark Fairbairn became interested in an additional 104 and 1,337 shares respectively. The shares were allotted on 20 January 2010 under the terms of the Scheme at the Scrip Dividend Reference Price of 646.5p per share.