3rd Jan 2008 16:40
National Grid PLC03 January 2008 3 January 2008 National Grid plc (National Grid) Voting Rights and Capital update National Grid was notified late yesterday (2 January) that 6,203 shares held inTreasury were transferred to share scheme participants. A further 14,458 shareshave today been transferred from Treasury to share scheme participants.Following these changes, National Grid plc's registered capital consists of2,581,913,516 ordinary shares, of which 32,347,308 have been purchased in themarket and registered as Treasury Shares; leaving a balance of 2,549,566,208shares with voting rights. The figure of 2,549,566,208 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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