Director Shareholding

National Grid Group PLC
20 August 2002

National Grid Group plc (National Grid)

20 August 2002

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(Notification Of Directors' Interests, Pursuant to Section 324(2) of the
Companies Act 1985)

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Yesterday, Dr R J Urwin became aware of having an interest in a further 412 NGG 
shares, taking his total interest to 836,369 shares.


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