Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2896Q

National Grid PLC

08 September 2017

 

8 September 2017

National Grid plc ("National Grid")

ISIN Code: GB00BDR05C01

Transaction in Own Shares

National Grid announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 12^204/473p each on the London Stock Exchange from Barclays Capital Securities Limited ("Barclays") as part of its buy-back programme announced on 2 June 2017. The sole purpose of the programme is, as previously announced, to reduce the share capital of National Grid as part of the return of proceeds to shareholders following the sale of a majority interest in National Grid's UK gas distribution business.

Date of purchase:	8 September 2017
Number of ordinary shares of 12204/473p each purchased:	28,407
Highest price paid per share (pence):	974.4000
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	974.4000
Volume weighted average price paid per share	974.4000

National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 200,225,743 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,417,344,382 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

A schedule of individual trades carried out by Barclays (BARCGBN1) as principal in connection with the above purchases on 8 September 2017 is set out below

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information

Trading venue	Volume weighted average price (pence per share)	Aggregated volume
BATS Europe	969.8918	6,474
Chi-X Europe	969.9033	3,967
Turquoise	969.9000	1,530
London Stock Exchange	969.9246	16,436

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction (BST)	Trading venue	Transaction reference number
131	970.00	14:43:05	Chi-X Europe	592171147329569000
446	969.90	14:43:11	Chi-X Europe	592171147329569000
1,073	970.00	14:43:26	London Stock Exchange	606244897777311000
1,265	969.90	14:43:26	London Stock Exchange	606244897777311000
306	970.00	14:43:45	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
408	969.90	14:43:45	Turquoise	592171147329570000
485	969.90	14:43:45	Chi-X Europe	592171147329570000
358	969.90	14:43:45	London Stock Exchange	606244897777312000
44	969.90	14:43:45	Chi-X Europe	606244897777312000
120	969.80	14:43:47	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
468	969.90	14:43:50	Chi-X Europe	606244897777312000
244	969.90	14:43:50	Chi-X Europe	592171147329570000
1,188	969.90	14:43:50	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
960	969.90	14:43:50	BATS Europe	606244897777312000
356	969.90	14:43:51	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
966	969.80	14:43:59	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
534	969.80	14:43:59	BATS Europe	592171147329570000
1,050	969.80	14:43:59	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
624	969.80	14:43:59	London Stock Exchange	606244897777312000
930	969.90	14:44:02	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
511	969.90	14:44:02	Chi-X Europe	606244897777312000
405	969.90	14:44:02	Chi-X Europe	592171147329570000
600	969.90	14:44:03	London Stock Exchange	606244897777313000
500	969.90	14:44:03	Chi-X Europe	606244897777313000
1,122	969.90	14:44:04	Turquoise	606244897777313000
686	969.90	14:44:05	BATS Europe	592171147329570000
485	970.00	14:44:06	London Stock Exchange	606244897777313000
600	969.90	14:44:06	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
1,325	969.90	14:44:06	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
285	969.90	14:44:08	BATS Europe	592171147329570000
495	969.90	14:44:08	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
200	969.90	14:44:08	Chi-X Europe	592171147329570000
447	969.90	14:44:09	London Stock Exchange	592171147329570000
578	969.90	14:44:11	BATS Europe	592171147329570000
388	969.90	14:44:11	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
477	969.90	14:44:11	Chi-X Europe	592171147329570000
338	969.90	14:44:14	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
171	969.90	14:44:14	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
535	969.90	14:44:15	BATS Europe	592171147329571000
758	969.90	14:44:17	London Stock Exchange	606244897777313000
364	969.90	14:44:17	London Stock Exchange	592171147329571000
179	969.90	14:44:17	BATS Europe	606244897777313000
56	969.90	14:44:17	Chi-X Europe	592171147329571000
1,371	970.00	14:49:14	London Stock Exchange	592171147329577000
1,026	970.00	14:49:14	London Stock Exchange	592171147329577000
1,243	970.00	14:49:14	London Stock Exchange	606244897777319000
1,306	970.00	14:49:14	London Stock Exchange	606244897777319000

Enquiries to:

David Whincup, Assistant Company Secretary, (0207 004 3209).

 

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