ANNOUNCEMENTS
FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a – 16 or 15d – 16 of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Announcements sent to the London Stock Exchange
National Grid plc, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom
Update — Routine announcements in the period from
1 December 2015 to 4 January 2016
4 January 2016
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Voting Rights and Capital Update
National Grid’s registered capital as at 31 December 2015 consisted of 3,920,681,669 ordinary shares, of which, 176,905,276 were held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,743,776,393 shares with voting rights.
The figure of 3,743,776,393 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 FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contact: D Whincup, Assistant Company Secretary, (0207 004 3209).
23 December 2015
National Grid plc (NG)
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Directors’ Interests
(Sharesave Plan — Grant of options)
Today, options were granted to eligible group employees under the National Grid Employee Sharesave Plan. The following executive director was included in the grant:
National Grid Ordinary shares at option price of 745p per share
| Sharesave Option | Number of NG Shares | Exercise Period | Total interest Now | |||||||||
| Granted To: | ||||||||||||
| Andrew Bonfield | 1,208 | 1 April- 30 | 1,173,217 | |||||||||
| September 2019 | ||||||||||||
Contact:Robin Kerner, Assistant Secretary (0207 004 3223)
National Grid plc (“NG”)
Monday 7 December 2015
Notification of Directors’ Interests
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NG SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (the “SIP”)
Under the SIP, operated through Ogier Corporate Services (UK) Ltd as Trustee, employees may acquire NG ordinary shares by regular monthly contributions. The current monthly purchase of 35,082 NG ordinary shares, on 7 December, under the scheme was confirmed by the Trustee today, at a price of 912.808 pence per share, on behalf of some 2,800 participants.
The following Executive Directors of NG are beneficiaries of the shares purchased on their behalf:
| Director | Shares purchased in SIP | |
| Steven Holliday | 16 Ordinary Shares | |
| Andrew Bonfield | 17 Ordinary Shares | |
| John Pettigrew | 17 Ordinary Shares | |
The Directors total interests after these events are:
| Director | Resulting total interest | |
| Steven Holliday | 2,661,082 Ordinary Shares | |
| Andrew Bonfield | 1,172,009 Ordinary Shares | |
| John Pettigrew | 639,237 Ordinary Shares | |
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Contact: Robin Kerner, Assistant Secretary, Shareschemes (0207 004 3223).
4 December 2015
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares
National Grid has received a notification on Form TR-1 from BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) that its total interest in National Grid voting ordinary shares is as shown below.
The notification has been received in accordance with the updated Disclosure and Transparency Rules which were revised on 26 November 2015 in order to implement changes to the EU Transparency Directive and required BlackRock to notify changes in the percentage levels of the categories of BlackRock’s voting rights above a certain threshold.
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of | ||
existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | ||
ii | National Grid PLC | |
| 2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | X | |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||
| Other (please specify): | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | ||
notification obligation:iii | BlackRock, Inc. | |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv | ||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | ||
v | 30 November 2015 | |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 3 December 2015 | |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii | Voting rights attached to shareholding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 5% | |
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rightsx | ||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Directxi | Indirectxii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||||||||
| GB00B08SNH34 | 81,710,656 | 81,710,656 | N/A | N/A | 203,908,522 | N/A | 5.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument | Expiration datexiii | Exercise/Conversion Periodxiv | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||
| Depository Receipt | - | - | 49,030 | 0.00 | % | |||||||
| Securities Lending | - | - | 13,561,931 | 0.36 | % | |||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration datexvii | Exercise/ Conversion periodxviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rightsxix, xx | |||||||||||||
| CFD | - | - | - | 2,912,650 | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||
| 0.07 | % | 0.07 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| 220,432,133 | 5.88 | % | ||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the | ||||||
financial instruments are effectively held, | if applicable: xxi | |||||
| Name | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | |||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Group Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock International Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Group Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Group Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Canada Holdings LP | ||||||
| BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC | ||||||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. | ||||||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | ||||||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. | ||||||
| BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock HK Holdco Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Cayco Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Japan Holdings GK | ||||||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| Trident Merger, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Group Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock Group Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | ||||||
| BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | ||||||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. | ||||||
| BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC | ||||||
| BlackRock HK Holdco Limited | ||||||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | ||||||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
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10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A | |
13. Additional information: | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team | |
14. Contact name: | Gareth Slade | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 3650 | |
This notice is in compliance with National Grid’s obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
David Whincup
Assistant Company Secretary
0207 004 3209
2 December 2015
National Grid plc (National Grid)
Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares
National Grid has received a notification on Form TR-1 from BlackRock, Inc. that its total interest in National Grid voting ordinary shares was, at 26 November 2015, at 5.89%, a total of 220,749,585 shares (previously notified at 14 March 2011, at 5.21%, a total of 182,630,798 shares). The notification has been received due to changes to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in order to implement changes to the EU Transparency Directive.
This notice is in compliance with National Grid’s obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
David Whincup
Assistant Company Secretary
0207 004 3209
