Last checked at 25 Aug 2017 17:22
25 August 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 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: | 25 August 2017 |
Number of ordinary shares of 12204/473p each purchased: | 22,753 |
Highest price paid per share (pence): | 970.2000 |
Lowest price paid per share (pence): | 970.2000 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share | 970.2000 |
National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 197,263,136 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,420,306,989 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 25 August 2017 is set out below
Schedule of purchases - aggregate information
Trading venue | Volume weighted average price(pence per share) | Aggregated volume |
BATS Europe | 970.0000 | 200 |
Chi-X Europe | 969.9080 | 11,162 |
Turquoise | 970.0000 | 357 |
London Stock Exchange | 969.9133 | 11,034 |
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price(pence per share) | Time of transaction (BST) | Trading venue | Transaction reference number |
22 | 970.00 | 09:43:50 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808194000 |
250 | 970.00 | 09:43:50 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808194000 |
315 | 970.00 | 09:43:50 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258597000 |
377 | 970.00 | 09:46:08 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258598000 |
357 | 970.00 | 09:46:35 | Turquoise | 592166192808195000 |
1,346 | 970.00 | 09:46:35 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258598000 |
254 | 970.00 | 09:46:35 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258598000 |
488 | 970.00 | 09:46:35 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258598000 |
246 | 970.00 | 09:46:35 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258598000 |
315 | 969.90 | 09:46:43 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808195000 |
152 | 969.90 | 09:46:43 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258598000 |
471 | 969.90 | 09:46:43 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258598000 |
591 | 969.90 | 09:49:30 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258600000 |
255 | 969.90 | 09:49:30 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258600000 |
352 | 969.90 | 09:49:30 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258600000 |
517 | 970.00 | 09:51:01 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258600000 |
520 | 970.00 | 09:51:01 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258600000 |
400 | 969.80 | 09:51:03 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808198000 |
378 | 969.80 | 09:51:03 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808198000 |
204 | 969.80 | 09:51:03 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258600000 |
312 | 970.00 | 10:08:38 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258610000 |
49 | 970.00 | 10:14:24 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258613000 |
91 | 970.00 | 10:14:24 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258613000 |
200 | 970.00 | 10:14:24 | BATS Europe | 606239943258613000 |
182 | 969.90 | 10:14:35 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808210000 |
390 | 969.90 | 10:14:35 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808210000 |
526 | 969.90 | 10:14:35 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258613000 |
486 | 969.90 | 10:14:35 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258613000 |
314 | 970.00 | 10:22:06 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808216000 |
327 | 970.00 | 10:22:06 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258618000 |
431 | 970.00 | 10:22:06 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258618000 |
102 | 970.00 | 10:25:14 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808217000 |
256 | 970.00 | 10:25:14 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808217000 |
510 | 970.00 | 10:25:14 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258620000 |
339 | 970.00 | 10:25:14 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258620000 |
617 | 970.00 | 10:33:52 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258625000 |
315 | 970.00 | 10:33:52 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808222000 |
10 | 970.00 | 10:33:52 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258625000 |
610 | 969.90 | 10:33:52 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808222000 |
149 | 969.90 | 10:33:52 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808222000 |
492 | 969.90 | 10:33:52 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808222000 |
296 | 969.90 | 10:33:52 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258625000 |
236 | 969.90 | 10:33:53 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808222000 |
88 | 969.90 | 10:33:53 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808222000 |
110 | 969.90 | 10:34:01 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808222000 |
533 | 969.90 | 10:35:08 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258625000 |
403 | 969.90 | 10:35:33 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808223000 |
380 | 969.90 | 10:35:33 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258626000 |
539 | 969.90 | 10:38:37 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808225000 |
491 | 969.90 | 10:38:37 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258627000 |
507 | 969.90 | 10:38:37 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258627000 |
802 | 969.90 | 10:38:37 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258627000 |
560 | 969.90 | 10:38:37 | London Stock Exchange | 592166192808225000 |
642 | 969.80 | 10:39:48 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808226000 |
568 | 969.80 | 10:39:48 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808226000 |
698 | 969.80 | 10:39:48 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258628000 |
383 | 969.70 | 10:41:48 | Chi-X Europe | 592166192808227000 |
512 | 969.70 | 10:41:48 | Chi-X Europe | 606239943258629000 |
487 | 969.70 | 10:41:48 | London Stock Exchange | 606239943258629000 |
Enquiries to:
J Cooksey, Company Secretarial Assistant, (0207 004 3227).