Holding(s) in Company

National Grid Group PLC
18 October 2002

National Grid Group plc ('National Grid')

18 October 2002

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NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN NATIONAL GRID ORDINARY SHARES, PURSUANT TO PART VI
OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

National Grid yesterday received a notification on behalf of Prudential plc
that, as at 15 October 2002, Prudential plc and its subsidiaries no longer had a
notifiable interest in NGG shares.


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