National Grid (NGG) 6-K Voting Rights and Capital update

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

National Grid plc (National Grid)  

Voting Rights and Capital update  

National Grid confirms that, following the issue of 15,447,044 ordinary shares earlier today, in relation to the operation of the Scrip Dividend Scheme for the 2015/16 final dividend, National Grid’s registered capital consists of 3,939,485,130 ordinary shares, of which 174,820,773 shares are held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,764,664,357 shares with voting rights.  

The figure of 3,764,664,357 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 Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.     

Contact: A Morgan, Assistant Company Secretary (020 7004 3228)