21st September 2010
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that, yesterday Monday 20th September, 33,135 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants and 18,467 shares were transferred on 6th September. Following these changes National Grid plc's registered capital from 20 September 2010 consists of 3,636,576,874 ordinary shares, of which 140,766,272 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,495,810,602 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,495,810,602 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contact: D C Forward
Assistant Secretary
0207 004 3226