31st Oct 2007 17:07
National Grid PLC31 October 2007 31 October 2007 National Grid plc Voting rights and capital - update In conformity with the Transparency Directive, National Grid plc would like tonotify the market of the following: National Grid has today been notified that 26,809 shares held in Treasury weretransferred late yesterday to share scheme participants. National Grid plc'sregistered ordinary share capital as at close of 31 October 2007 consists of2,595,793,987 shares, of which 13,106,561 have been purchased in the market andregistered as treasury shares, leaving a balance of 2,582,687,426 shares withvoting rights. The figure of 2,582,687,426 may be used by shareholders as the denominator forthe calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notifytheir interests in, or a change to their interest in, National Grid plc underthe Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Note: this notification confirms the actual capital as recorded on the registerat the 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 of shares being repurchased and the supporting details willindicate resultant share capital after market settlement and cancellation, ortransfer to treasury, of the shares involved (and any earlier repurchases thatremain to be registered). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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