5th Oct 2007 17:05
National Grid PLC05 October 2007 5 October 2007 National Grid plc (National Grid) Voting Rights and Capital update National Grid was notified late yesterday that 418,493 shares held in Treasurywere transferred to share scheme participants and further notified today thatanother 8,087 shares held in Treasury had been transferred to share schemeparticipants. Following these changes, National Grid plc's registered capitalconsists of 2,611,563,094 ordinary shares, of which 13,171,056 have beenpurchased in the market and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of2,598,392,038 shares with voting rights. The figure of 2,598,392,038 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 cancellation, or transfer to Treasury,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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