Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9677N

National Grid PLC

14 August 2017

 

14 August 2017

National Grid plc ("National Grid")

ISIN Code: GB00BDR05C01

Transaction in Own Shares

National Grid announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 12^204/473p each on the London Stock Exchange from Barclays Capital Securities Limited ("Barclays") as part of its buy-back programme announced on 2 June 2017. The sole purpose of the programme is, as previously announced, to reduce the share capital of National Grid as part of the return of proceeds to shareholders following the sale of a majority interest in National Grid's UK gas distribution business.

Date of purchase:	14 August 2017
Number of ordinary shares of 12204/473p each purchased:	11,148
Highest price paid per share (pence):	960.3072
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	960.3072
Volume weighted average price paid per share	960.3072

National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 195,051,804 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,419,349,679 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

A schedule of individual trades carried out by Barclays (BARCGBN1) as principal in connection with the above purchases on 14 August 2017 is set out below

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information

Trading venue	Volume weighted average price (pence per share)	Aggregated volume
BATS Europe	-	-
Chi-X Europe	954.6734	4,337
Turquoise	954.7917	1,308
London Stock Exchange	954.8189	5,503

 

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction (BST)	Trading venue	Transaction reference number
958	954.90	08:00:25	London Stock Exchange	606236050430119000
342	954.90	08:00:28	London Stock Exchange	606236050430120000
898	955.00	08:05:25	London Stock Exchange	592162299968616000
425	955.00	08:05:35	Turquoise	606236050430121000
168	955.00	08:05:35	London Stock Exchange	592162299968616000
835	955.00	08:05:35	Chi-X Europe	592162299968616000
98	955.00	08:05:35	Chi-X Europe	592162299968616000
271	955.00	08:05:35	Chi-X Europe	592162299968616000
454	954.40	08:06:01	Turquoise	592162299968616000
806	954.40	08:06:01	Chi-X Europe	592162299968616000
1,693	955.00	08:11:43	London Stock Exchange	606236050430124000
429	955.00	08:11:43	Turquoise	592162299968619000
831	955.00	08:11:43	Chi-X Europe	592162299968619000
187	954.40	08:12:13	Chi-X Europe	606236050430124000
955	954.40	08:12:13	Chi-X Europe	606236050430124000
247	954.40	08:13:13	London Stock Exchange	606236050430124000
415	954.40	08:13:13	London Stock Exchange	606236050430124000
501	954.40	08:13:13	London Stock Exchange	606236050430124000
281	954.40	08:13:13	London Stock Exchange	606236050430124000
354	954.30	08:13:13	Chi-X Europe	606236050430124000

Enquiries to:

J Cooksey, Company Secretarial Assistant, (0207 004 3227).

 

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