2 January 2018

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 p 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:

29 December 2017

Number of Ordinary shares of 12 p each purchased:

57,983

Highest price paid per share (pence):

871.6527

Lowest price paid per share (pence):

871.6527

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

871.6527

National Grid intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, National Grid holds 241,754,036 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,375,816,089 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 29 December 2017 is set out below.

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information

Trading venue

Volume weighted average price
(pence per share)

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

869.9839

3,407

Chi-X Europe

869.8908

9,043

Turquoise

870.0000

362

London Stock Exchange

869.8251

45,171

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

854

869.10

08:00:24

London Stock Exchange

606284548693540000

99

869.10

08:00:24

London Stock Exchange

606284548693540000

555

869.10

08:00:44

London Stock Exchange

592210798247346000

514

869.10

08:00:44

London Stock Exchange

592210798247346000

345

869.10

08:00:44

London Stock Exchange

606284548693541000

73

869.10

08:01:02

London Stock Exchange

592210798247347000

993

869.10

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

592210798247347000

125

869.10

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

606284548693542000

226

869.10

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

592210798247347000

1,048

869.10

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

592210798247347000

824

869.10

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

606284548693542000

901

868.90

08:02:02

London Stock Exchange

606284548693542000

50

868.90

08:02:02

BATS Europe

606284548693542000

1,174

870.00

08:04:20

London Stock Exchange

606284548693543000

230

870.00

08:35:10

BATS Europe

592210798247369000

375

870.00

08:35:10

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

210

870.00

08:35:12

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

284

870.00

08:35:12

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

965

870.00

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

1,280

870.00

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

317

870.00

08:35:21

BATS Europe

592210798247369000

511

870.00

08:35:21

Chi-X Europe

592210798247369000

100

869.90

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

870

869.90

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

1,302

870.00

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

1,020

870.00

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

362

870.00

08:35:21

Turquoise

606284548693561000

87

870.00

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

392

870.00

08:35:21

Chi-X Europe

606284548693561000

465

869.90

08:35:21

Chi-X Europe

606284548693561000

93

869.80

08:35:21

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

83

869.90

08:35:25

London Stock Exchange

592210798247369000

507

869.90

08:35:25

Chi-X Europe

606284548693561000

356

869.90

08:35:25

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

363

870.00

08:35:31

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

57

870.00

08:35:33

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

221

870.00

08:35:36

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

436

870.00

08:35:36

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

161

870.00

08:35:36

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

155

870.00

08:35:36

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

238

870.00

08:35:37

Chi-X Europe

606284548693561000

425

870.00

08:35:37

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

330

870.00

08:35:38

London Stock Exchange

606284548693561000

515

870.00

08:35:38

Chi-X Europe

592210798247369000

139

870.00

08:35:38

Chi-X Europe

606284548693561000

654

870.00

08:35:51

BATS Europe

606284548693561000

653

870.00

08:35:54

BATS Europe

592210798247370000

345

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

392

870.00

08:54:53

BATS Europe

606284548693570000

294

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

584

870.00

08:54:53

Chi-X Europe

592210798247379000

1,454

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

778

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

1,172

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

1,520

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

1,378

870.00

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

664

869.90

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

525

869.90

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

59

869.90

08:54:53

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

386

869.90

08:54:53

Chi-X Europe

606284548693570000

38

870.00

08:54:54

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

887

870.00

08:54:56

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

223

870.00

08:54:56

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

561

870.00

08:54:56

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

254

870.00

08:54:57

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

36

870.00

08:55:03

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

662

870.00

08:55:03

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

65

870.00

08:55:03

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

72

870.00

08:55:03

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

681

870.00

08:55:03

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

476

870.00

08:55:03

Chi-X Europe

606284548693570000

816

870.00

08:55:06

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

1,085

870.00

08:55:06

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

64

870.00

08:55:06

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

831

870.00

08:55:08

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

236

870.00

08:55:09

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

524

870.00

08:55:09

Chi-X Europe

592210798247379000

16

870.00

08:55:12

Chi-X Europe

606284548693570000

1,071

870.00

08:55:13

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

73

870.00

08:55:15

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

57

870.00

08:55:16

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

40

870.00

08:55:21

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

52

870.00

08:55:22

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

71

870.00

08:55:28

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

61

870.00

08:55:37

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

61

870.00

08:55:44

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

66

870.00

08:55:51

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

934

870.00

08:55:55

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

19

870.00

08:55:55

London Stock Exchange

606284548693570000

75

870.00

08:55:55

Chi-X Europe

592210798247379000

435

870.00

08:55:55

Chi-X Europe

592210798247379000

349

870.00

08:55:58

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

550

870.00

08:56:12

London Stock Exchange

592210798247379000

813

870.00

08:58:36

London Stock Exchange

592210798247380000

131

870.00

08:58:36

London Stock Exchange

592210798247380000

286

870.00

08:58:36

London Stock Exchange

592210798247380000

1,410

870.00

08:58:36

London Stock Exchange

606284548693571000

68

870.00

08:58:41

London Stock Exchange

606284548693571000

80

870.00

08:58:48

London Stock Exchange

606284548693571000

15

870.00

08:58:51

Chi-X Europe

606284548693571000

592

870.00

08:58:51

Chi-X Europe

606284548693571000

644

870.00

08:58:51

London Stock Exchange

606284548693571000

17

870.00

08:58:54

Chi-X Europe

606284548693571000

18

869.90

08:59:28

Chi-X Europe

592210798247381000

1,446

869.90

08:59:32

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

326

869.90

08:59:32

Chi-X Europe

592210798247381000

5

869.90

08:59:32

Chi-X Europe

592210798247381000

27

869.80

08:59:32

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

2

869.80

08:59:37

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

11

869.80

08:59:38

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

11

869.80

08:59:44

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

13

869.80

08:59:50

London Stock Exchange

592210798247381000

144

869.80

09:02:20

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

56

869.80

09:02:25

Chi-X Europe

592210798247382000

583

869.80

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

525

869.80

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

115

869.80

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

1,020

869.80

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

606284548693573000

63

869.70

09:02:25

Chi-X Europe

606284548693573000

976

869.70

09:02:25

Chi-X Europe

606284548693573000

913

869.70

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

438

869.70

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

606284548693573000

126

869.70

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

606284548693573000

828

869.80

09:02:25

London Stock Exchange

606284548693573000

120

869.70

09:02:27

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

120

869.70

09:02:32

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

489

869.70

09:02:32

Chi-X Europe

592210798247382000

409

869.70

09:02:32

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

377

869.70

09:02:32

Chi-X Europe

606284548693573000

142

869.70

09:02:38

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

779

869.70

09:02:44

Chi-X Europe

592210798247382000

131

869.70

09:02:44

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

47

869.70

09:02:50

London Stock Exchange

592210798247382000

67

870.00

09:02:57

Chi-X Europe

592210798247382000

671

870.00

09:38:23

London Stock Exchange

592210798247398000

This announcement will also be available on National Grid's website athttp://investors.nationalgrid.com/rns.aspx.

Enquiries to:

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

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