Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

National Grid Group PLC
3 July 2000


The National Grid Group plc (NGG)
Directors' Interests in NGG Ordinary shares
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Mr J H Ross, the Non-executive Chairman of NGG, last Friday purchased a
further 8,000 NGG shares at 518.5p per share. This takes his total holding to
10,000 NGG shares.