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National GridAnnouncement

22/11/2017 17:21

RNS Number : 2845X
National Grid PLC
22 November 2017
22 November 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 12204/473p each on the London Stock Exchange from Barclays Capital Securities Limited ("Barclays") as part of its buy-back programme announced on 9 October 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:
22 November 2017
Number of Ordinary shares of 12204/473p each purchased:
21,971
Highest price paid per share (pence):
884.1753
Lowest price paid per share (pence): 
884.1753
Volume weighted average price paid per share:
884.1753
National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 229,480,403 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,388,089,722 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 22 November 2017 is set out below.
Schedule of purchases - aggregate information 
Trading venue
Volume weighted average price
(pence per share)
Aggregated volume 
Chi-X Europe
879.5934
2,314
London Stock Exchange
878.6965
19,657
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions
Number of shares purchased
Transaction price
(pence per share)
Time of transaction (including time zone)
Trading venue
Transaction reference number
803
874.90
08:00:25
London Stock Exchange
606271454601809000
243
874.50
08:00:25
London Stock Exchange
606271454601809000
364
875.00
08:00:28
London Stock Exchange
606271454601810000
700
875.00
08:00:28
London Stock Exchange
606271454601810000
196
875.00
08:00:28
London Stock Exchange
606271454601810000
707
873.40
08:00:52
London Stock Exchange
606271454601810000
686
878.20
08:04:54
London Stock Exchange
606271454601817000
854
878.00
08:04:54
London Stock Exchange
606271454601817000
703
878.30
08:04:55
London Stock Exchange
606271454601817000
949
878.80
08:05:43
London Stock Exchange
606271454601818000
744
878.60
08:06:17
London Stock Exchange
606271454601819000
765
879.40
08:06:52
London Stock Exchange
606271454601819000
905
880.00
08:19:38
London Stock Exchange
606271454601836000
686
880.00
08:19:38
London Stock Exchange
606271454601836000
686
879.90
08:19:38
London Stock Exchange
606271454601836000
755
879.70
08:21:12
London Stock Exchange
606271454601838000
769
879.70
08:21:58
London Stock Exchange
606271454601839000
686
880.00
09:11:12
London Stock Exchange
606271454601888000
686
880.00
09:11:12
London Stock Exchange
606271454601888000
426
879.70
09:17:32
London Stock Exchange
606271454601894000
73
879.70
09:17:32
London Stock Exchange
606271454601894000
355
879.70
09:17:32
Chi-X Europe
592197704154920000
704
879.60
09:17:47
London Stock Exchange
606271454601895000
70
879.60
09:17:47
Chi-X Europe
592197704154920000
230
879.60
09:17:47
Chi-X Europe
592197704154920000
86
879.60
09:17:48
Chi-X Europe
592197704154920000
27
879.60
09:17:48
London Stock Exchange
606271454601895000
168
879.70
09:18:20
London Stock Exchange
606271454601895000
696
879.70
09:18:21
London Stock Exchange
606271454601895000
451
879.30
09:19:38
London Stock Exchange
606271454601896000
437
879.30
09:19:38
Chi-X Europe
606271454601896000
720
879.80
09:22:50
London Stock Exchange
606271454601899000
22
879.80
09:22:50
London Stock Exchange
606271454601899000
422
879.90
09:25:48
London Stock Exchange
606271454601902000
355
879.90
09:25:54
London Stock Exchange
606271454601902000
28
879.80
09:25:54
London Stock Exchange
606271454601902000
658
879.80
09:27:42
London Stock Exchange
606271454601903000
686
879.60
09:28:48
London Stock Exchange
606271454601904000
734
879.60
09:28:48
Chi-X Europe
606271454601904000
853
879.80
09:29:50
London Stock Exchange
606271454601905000
402
879.80
09:31:15
Chi-X Europe
592197704154928000
481
879.80
09:31:15
London Stock Exchange
606271454601906000
This announcement will also be available on National Grid's website at http://investors.nationalgrid.com/rns.aspx.
Enquiries to:
J Cooksey, Company Secretarial Assistant, (0207 004 3227).

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