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National Grid PLC
21 July 2015 
 
Tuesday 21 July 2015 
 
National Grid plc ('the Company') 
 
AGM poll results 
 
Today, 21 July 2015, the Company held its 2015 Annual General Meeting
("AGM"). 
 
The results of the AGM resolutions, all decided by way of poll, are set out
below: 
 
 Resolution  Votes For                                                                         For (% of shares voted)  Votes Against  Against (% of shares voted)  Votes Withheld**  
 1           To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                         2,284,755,205            99.19          18,688,768                   0.81              30,700,747  
 2           To declare a final dividend                                                       2,321,452,613            99.87          2,944,293                    0.13              9,756,136   
 3           To re-elect Sir Peter Gershon                                                     2,280,194,389            98.17          42,539,343                   1.83              11,414,168  
 4           To re-elect Steve Holliday                                                        2,293,213,786            98.65          31,375,695                   1.35              9,558,807   
 5           To re-elect Andrew Bonfield                                                       2,245,776,051            96.63          78,217,280                   3.37              10,153,830  
 6           To re-elect John Pettigrew                                                        2,288,616,423            98.48          35,355,053                   1.52              10,175,965  
 7           To elect Dean Seavers                                                             2,288,695,959            98.50          34,741,767                   1.50              10,709,833  
 8           To re-elect Nora Mead Brownell                                                    2,307,590,493            99.29          16,508,151                   0.71              10,048,797  
 9           To re-elect Jonathan Dawson                                                       2,304,637,240            99.17          19,319,072                   0.83              10,191,038  
 10          To re-elect Therese Esperdy                                                       2,307,120,329            99.27          16,993,991                   0.73              10,032,912  
 11          To re-elect Paul Golby                                                            2,307,507,563            99.30          16,325,902                   0.70              10,313,657  
 12          To re-elect Ruth Kelly                                                            2,307,313,840            99.28          16,771,345                   0.72              10,061,937  
 13          To re-elect Mark Williamson                                                       2,305,195,419            99.20          18,612,697                   0.80              10,336,745  
 14          To reappoint the auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                              2,279,099,664            97.98          47,062,238                   2.02              7,956,503   
 15          To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' remuneration                      2,307,302,553            99.23          17,883,351                   0.77              8,932,501   
 16          To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report other than the remuneration policy  2,240,539,614            97.26          63,053,994                   2.74              30,554,181  
 17          To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares                               2,245,442,444            96.64          78,052,554                   3.36              10,624,947  
 18*         To disapply pre-emption rights                                                    2,256,099,973            97.23          64,370,477                   2.77              14,635,967  
 19*         To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares                      2,314,776,327            99.63          8,693,871                    0.37              10,649,008  
 20*         To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 working days' notice    2,007,854,166            86.42          315,436,168                  13.58             10,828,869  
 
 
* Special resolution 
 
** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. 
 
As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of
AGM resolutions numbered 18-20 will be made available for inspection from the
National Storage Mechanism, situated at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 
 
The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting
will be available shortly on the Company's website 
 

ttp://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-services/agm-information/2015.aspx 
 
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