Monday 14th March 2011
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid has been notified that earlier today, 14,319 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid's registered capital from 14 March 2011 consists of 3,648,339,475 ordinary shares, of which 140,246,812 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,508,092,663 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,508,092,663 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 under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contact: D C Forward
Assistant Secretary
0207 004 3226