21st Dec 2007 16:53
National Grid PLC21 December 2007 21st December 2007 National Grid plc (National Grid) Voting Rights and Capital update Transfer of Shares- to Sharescheme Trustee National Grid has been notified that 100,000 shares held in Treasury weretransferred today; to ExcellerateHRO Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited, theTrustee of the The National Grid Performance Share Plan (the "Plan"). This willallow the Trustee to satisfy future releases of shares to scheme participantsfrom the Trust. Following this change, National Grid plc's registered capital consists of2,581,913,516 ordinary shares, of which 29,006,898 have been purchased in themarket and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,552,906,618shares with voting rights. The figure of 2,552,906,618 may be used by shareholders as the denominator forthe calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notifytheir interest in, or a change to their interest in, National Grid plc under theFSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Note: This notification confirms actual capital as recorded on the register atthe above date, allowing for changes recorded since the last notification.National Grid is currently undertaking a share repurchase programme. Whererepurchases are made, separate covering announcements will, as required,identify numbers being repurchased and the supporting details indicate resultantshare capital after market settlement and transfer to Treasury, or cancellation,of the shares involved (and any earlier repurchases which remain to beregistered). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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