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Form 6-K NATIONAL GRID PLC For: Jan 05

January 5, 2016 4:04 PM EST

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

5 January 2016

Commission File Number: 001-14958

National Grid plc
———————————————————————————————————
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5EH, England
———————————————————————————————————
(Address of principal executive office)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:  [x] Form 20-F    [ ] Form 40-F
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  [ ]
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  [ ]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:  [ ] Yes    [x] No
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):    n/a 
 

Please see Exhibit 99.1 - "Summary" and Exhibit 99.2 - "Announcements"

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
    National Grid plc
     
Date: 5 January 2016 By: /s/ David Whincup

  Name:  David Whincup
  Title: Assistant Company Secretary
     

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1   Summary
99.2   Announcements
     

                                              

SUMMARY
                                              

FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a – 16 or 15d – 16 of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Announcements sent to the London Stock Exchange

National Grid plc, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom

Routine announcements in the period from 1 December 2015 to 4 January 2016

     
04 January 2016
  Total Voting Rights
 
   
23 December 2015
  Notification of Directors’ Interests – NG Sharesave Plan
 
   
07 December 2015
  Notification of Directors’ Interests – NG Share Incentive Plan
 
   
04 December 2015
  Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares
 
   
02 December 2015
  Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares
 
   

Note: During the period a ‘same day’ Form 6-K was issued in respect of the following National Grid plc announcements:

3 December 2015: Scrip Dividend for 2015/16 Interim Dividend

                                              

ANNOUNCEMENTS
                                              

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a – 16 or 15d – 16 of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Announcements sent to the London Stock Exchange

National Grid plc, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom

                                              

Update — Routine announcements in the period from
1 December 2015 to 4 January 2016

                                              

4 January 2016

National Grid plc (National Grid)

Voting Rights and Capital Update

National Grid’s registered capital as at 31 December 2015 consisted of 3,920,681,669 ordinary shares, of which, 176,905,276 were held as treasury shares; leaving a balance of 3,743,776,393 shares with voting rights.

The figure of 3,743,776,393 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, National Grid under the FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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

23 December 2015

National Grid plc (NG)

Directors’ Interests

(Sharesave Plan — Grant of options)

Today, options were granted to eligible group employees under the National Grid Employee Sharesave Plan. The following executive director was included in the grant:

National Grid Ordinary shares at option price of 745p per share

                         
Sharesave Option
  Number of NG Shares   Exercise Period   Total interest Now
Granted To:
                       
Andrew Bonfield
    1,208     1 April- 30     1,173,217  
 
          September 2019        

Contact:Robin Kerner, Assistant Secretary (0207 004 3223)

National Grid plc (“NG”)

Monday 7 December 2015

Notification of Directors’ Interests

— —

NG SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (the “SIP”)

Under the SIP, operated through Ogier Corporate Services (UK) Ltd as Trustee, employees may acquire NG ordinary shares by regular monthly contributions. The current monthly purchase of 35,082 NG ordinary shares, on 7 December, under the scheme was confirmed by the Trustee today, at a price of 912.808 pence per share, on behalf of some 2,800 participants.

The following Executive Directors of NG are beneficiaries of the shares purchased on their behalf:

     
Director   Shares purchased in SIP
Steven Holliday
  16 Ordinary Shares
 
   
Andrew Bonfield
  17 Ordinary Shares
 
   
John Pettigrew
   17 Ordinary Shares
 
   

The Directors total interests after these events are:

     
Director   Resulting total interest
Steven Holliday
  2,661,082 Ordinary Shares
 
   
Andrew Bonfield
  1,172,009 Ordinary Shares
 
   
John Pettigrew
  639,237 Ordinary Shares
 
   

— —
Contact: Robin Kerner, Assistant Secretary, Shareschemes (0207 004 3223).

4 December 2015  

National Grid plc (National Grid)  

Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares

National Grid has received a notification on Form TR-1 from BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) that its total interest in National Grid voting ordinary shares is as shown below.

The notification has been received in accordance with the updated Disclosure and Transparency Rules which were revised on 26 November 2015 in order to implement changes to the EU Transparency Directive and required BlackRock to notify changes in the percentage levels of the categories of BlackRock’s voting rights above a certain threshold.

     
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of    
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
 
ii
  National Grid PLC
 
   
     
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
 
 
 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying
financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which
voting rights are attached
 


X
 
   
An acquisition or disposal of instruments
with similar economic effect to qualifying
financial instruments
 


 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 
 
 
Other (please specify):
 
 
 
     
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    
notification obligation: iii
  BlackRock, Inc.
 
   
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.): iv
 

 
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or reached:
 

v
  30 November 2015
 
   
6. Date on which issuer notified:
  3 December 2015
 
   
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii
  Voting rights attached to
shareholding for
BlackRock, Inc. has gone
above 5%
 
   
                                             
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
 
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE   Situation previous to the triggering transaction                            
         
    Number of Shares   Number of Voting Rights   Number of shares   Number of voting rights   % of voting rights x
                             
 
                  Direct   Direct xi   Indirect xii   Direct   Indirect
 
                                           
GB00B08SNH34
    81,710,656       81,710,656     N/A   N/A     203,908,522     N/A     5.44 %
 
                                           
                         
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial
instrument
  Expiration
date
xiii
  Exercise/Conversion

Period xiv
  Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
  % of voting
rights




 
                       
Depository Receipt
  -   -     49,030       0.00 %
 
                       
Securities Lending
  -   -     13,561,931       0.36 %
 
                       
                                     
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial instrument   Exercise
price
  Expiration
date
xvii
  Exercise/
Conversion
period
xviii
  Number of voting rights instrument refers to   % of voting rights xix, xx
                         
CFD
  -   -   -     2,912,650     Nominal   Delta
 
                                   
 
                        0.07 %     0.07 %
 
                                   
         
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights
220,432,133
    5.88 %
 
       
             
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held,
  if applicable: xxi    
 
         
Name
  % of voting rights
if it equals or is
higher than the
notifiable
threshold
  % of voting rights
through financial
instruments if it
equals or is higher
than the notifiable
threshold
 

Total of both if it
equals or is higher
than the notifiable
threshold
 
           
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Group Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Group Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Group Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Canada Holdings LP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Fund Advisors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Cayco Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Japan Holdings GK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trident Merger, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Group Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Fund Advisors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Group Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock HK Holdco Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia
Limited
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
     
Proxy Voting:
 
10. Name of the proxy holder:
  N/A
 
   
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
  N/A
 
   
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
  N/A
 
   
     
13. Additional information:
  BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
 
   
14. Contact name:
  Gareth Slade
 
   
15. Contact telephone number:
  020 7743 3650
 
   

This notice is in compliance with National Grid’s obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

David Whincup
Assistant Company Secretary
0207 004 3209

2 December 2015  

National Grid plc (National Grid)  

Notification of Major Interest in National Grid Ordinary Shares  

National Grid has received a notification on Form TR-1 from BlackRock, Inc. that its total interest in National Grid voting ordinary shares was, at 26 November 2015, at 5.89%, a total of 220,749,585 shares (previously notified at 14 March 2011, at 5.21%, a total of 182,630,798 shares). The notification has been received due to changes to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in order to implement changes to the EU Transparency Directive.  

This notice is in compliance with National Grid’s obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

David Whincup
Assistant Company Secretary
0207 004 3209



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