Monday 1st March 2010
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid plc's registered capital at 28 February 2010 consisted of 2,617,190,095 ordinary shares, of which 144,214,194 had been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,472,975,901 shares with voting rights.
National Grid has also been notified that, earlier today, 2,660 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital from 1 March 2010 consists of 2,617,190,095 ordinary shares, of which 144,211,534 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,472,978,561 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 2,472,978,561 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