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National Grid PLC

27 July 2020

27 July 2020

National Grid plc ('National Grid' or 'the Company')

Publication of AGM Results

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2020 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 1.45pm at National Grid's Office, 35 Homer Road, Solihull B91 3QJ .

Resolutions 1 to 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 
           Resolution               Votes For       For (%     Votes against   Against   Votes Withheld** 
                                                   of shares                    (% of 
                                                    voted)                      shares 
                                                                                voted) 
       To receive the 
        Annual Report 
  1     and Accounts              2,370,239,911     99.90        2,364,341      0.10        2,520,206 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To declare a 
  2     final dividend            2,352,146,577     99.09       21,655,368      0.91        1,325,997 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  3     Sir Peter Gershon         2,350,837,977     99.10       21,465,138      0.90        2,824,828 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  4     John Pettigrew            2,364,206,040     99.65        8,274,421      0.35        2,647,482 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  5     Andy Agg                  2,335,511,566     98.45       36,860,618      1.55        2,745,071 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  6     Nicola Shaw               2,363,642,190     99.71        6,887,443      0.29        4,597,366 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  7     Mark Williamson           2,361,625,789     99.62        9,093,522      0.38        4,402,872 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  8     Jonathan Dawson           2,351,511,762     99.19       19,209,695      0.81        4,400,726 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
  9     Therese Esperdy           2,363,815,145     99.70        7,139,353      0.30        4,167,685 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
 10     Paul Golby                2,362,346,442     99.66        7,952,222      0.34        4,823,519 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To elect Liz 
 11     Hewitt                    2,354,019,341     99.31       16,377,932      0.69        4,724,910 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
 12     Amanda Mesler             2,363,523,122     99.71        6,963,789      0.29        4,635,272 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
 13     Earl Shipp                2,362,999,504     99.69        7,369,536      0.31        3,349,143 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-elect 
 14     Jonathan Silver           2,360,068,009     99.56       10,334,594      0.44        4,718,384 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        the auditors 
 15     Deloitte LLP              2,369,468,945     99.85        3,467,423      0.15        2,185,434 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Audit Committee 
        to set the auditors' 
 16     remuneration              2,366,006,827     99.82        4,257,527      0.18        4,854,201 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
 17     Report                    2,273,916,544     96.92       72,165,518      3.08        29,038,913 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to make political 
 18     donations                 2,300,577,177     97.62       56,040,139      2.38        18,503,670 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to allot Ordinary 
 19     Shares                    2,314,485,550     97.55       58,233,641      2.45        2,401,796 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Reapproval of 
        the National 
        Grid plc Share 
 20     Incentive Plan            2,355,628,504     99.36       15,119,083      0.64        4,380,356 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Reapproval of 
        the National 
        Grid Sharesave 
 21     Plan                      2,299,020,699     96.98       71,697,082      3.02        4,410,162 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approval of 
        increased borrowing 
 22     limit                     2,346,865,378     98.95       24,970,667      1.05        3,284,639 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To disapply 
        pre-emption 
 23*    rights                    2,347,855,461     99.07       21,937,889      0.93        5,328,833 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To disapply 
        pre-emption 
 24*    rights for acquisitions   2,317,456,179     97.79       52,483,067      2.21        5,177,064 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
        its own Ordinary 
 25*    Shares                    2,335,095,456     98.39       38,139,762      1.61        1,880,085 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to hold general 
        meetings on 
        14 clear days' 
 26*    notice                    2,178,231,519     91.81       194,339,641     8.19        2,549,043 
      -------------------------  --------------  -----------  --------------  --------  ----------------- 
 

* 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 19 and 23-26 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism

The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's website https://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-information/agm/2020

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