Monday, 3rd October 2011
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital update
National Grid's registered capital at 30 September 2011 consisted of 3,695,423,129 ordinary shares, of which 135,908,994 had been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,559,514,135 shares with voting rights.
National Grid has been notified that earlier today, 27,733 shares held in Treasury were transferred to share scheme participants. Following this change, National Grid's registered capital from 3 October 2011 consists of 3,695,423,129 ordinary shares, of which 135,881,261 have been purchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 3,559,541,868 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,559,541,868 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: Arit Amana
Company Secretarial Assistant
0207 004 3116