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National Grid PLC Capital/Financing Update 2011

Sep 30, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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AMENDED AND RESTATED FINAL TERMS

THESE AMENDED AND RESTATED FINAL TERMS HAVE BEEN CREATED SOLELY AS A MATTER OF RECORD TO RECORD THE FINAL TERMS OF THE INSTRUMENTS AS AT THE DATE OF ISSUE. NO OFFER OF ANY OF THE INSTRUMENTS IS BEING MADE BY THE ISSUER PURSUANT TO THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHERWISE AND THE ISSUER DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS TO NOTEHOLDERS IN RELATION TO THIS DOCUMENT.

These Amended and Restated Final Terms do not constitute, and may not be used for the purposes of, an offer of, or an invitation by or on behalf of anyone to subscribe or purchase any of the Instruments.

Amended and Restated Final Terms dated 30 September 2011 amending the Final Terms dated 13 September 2011

NATIONAL GRID PLC

Issue of Sterling-denominated RPI-linked Bonds due 2021 (the "Instruments") under the Euro 15,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

The Prospectus referred to below (as completed by these Final Terms) has been prepared on the basis that, except as provided in sub-paragraph (ii) below, any offer of Instruments in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) (each, a "Relevant Member State") will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Instruments. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer of the Instruments may only do so:

  • in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Dealer to publish a prospectus $(i)$ pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer; or
  • in the Public Offer Jurisdiction mentioned in Paragraph 39 of Part A below, provided such person is $(ii)$ one of the persons mentioned in Paragraph 39 of Part A below and that such offer is made during the Offer Period specified for such purpose therein.

Neither the Issuer nor any Dealer has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Instruments in any other circumstances.

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 2 August 2011 which constitutes (i) a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) (the "Prospectus Directive") and (ii) listing particulars for the purposes of Listing Rule 2.2.11 of the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority (the "Listing Rules"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Instruments described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with such Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Instruments is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus. The Prospectus is available for viewing at the registered address of the Issuer at 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5EH and the office of the Issuing and Paying Agent at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL and a copy may be obtained from the website of Regulatory News Services operated by the London Stock Exchange at http://www.londonstockexchange.com/rns.

1. Issuer: National Grid plc
2. (i) Series Number: 56
(ii) Tranche Number: $\mathbf{1}$
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Pounds Sterling (£)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: £260,000,000
(ii) Tranche: £260,000,000
5. sue Price: The Issuer has offered the Instruments to the Joint Lead
Managers (as defined herein) at the initial issue price of 100
per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount for distribution
via the Authorised Distributors (as defined herein)
6. (i) Specified Denominations: £100
(ii) Calculation Amount: £100
7. (i) Issue Date: 6 October 2011
(ii) Commencement
Interest
Date:
Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 6 October 2021
9. Interest Basis: Index Linked Interest
(further particulars specified below)
10. Redemption/Payment Basis: Index Linked Redemption adjusted in accordance with
Condition 4.2
11. Change of Interest or
Redemption/Payment Basis:
Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
13. (i) Status of the Instruments: Senior
(ii) Committee
Finance
Date
approval for issuance
of
Instruments obtained:
25 July 2011
14. Method of distribution: Syndicated
(further described in item 39)

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PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15. Fixed Rate Instrument Provisions Not Applicable
----- ----------------------------------------- ----------------
16. Floating Rate Instrument
Provisions
Zero Coupon Instrument
Provisions
Index-Linked Interest Instrument
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
17.
18. Applicable
(i) Index/Formula/other
variable:
The Index as defined in Condition 4.1
(ii) Interest Rate: Each Instrument shall bear interest on its outstanding
Interest
the
from (and including)
nominal
amount
Commencement Date at 1.25 per cent. per annum, payable
semi-annually in arrear on each Interest Payment Date and
adjusted in accordance with Condition 4.2
(iii) for
responsible
Party
calculating the Rate(s) of
Interest, Interest Amount
and Redemption Amount(s)
Calculation
the
(iif)
not
Agent):
Not Applicable
(iv) Provisions for determining Not Applicable
calculated
by
Coupon
reference to Index and/or
other
and/or
Formula
variable:
(v) Determination
Interest
$Date(s)$ :
6 April and 6 October in each year
(vi) Provisions for determining
Coupon where calculation
by reference to Index and/or
Formula is impossible or
impracticable or otherwise
disrupted:
Conditions 4.3 to 4.5 apply
(vii) Interest Payment Dates: 6 April and 6 October in each year up to and including the
Maturity Date
(viii) First Interest Payment Date: 6 April 2012
(ix) Interest Period(s): The period beginning on (and including) the Interest
Commencement Date and ending on (but excluding) the first
Interest Payment Date, and each successive period beginning
on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on
(but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(x) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention

11

Provisions
Dual Currency Instrument Not Applicable
(xviii) Reference Gilt: 2.5 per cent. Index-Linked Treasury Stock due 2020
(xvii) "Index" or "Index Figure"
(Condition 4.1):
Sub-paragraph (i) of the definition of "Index" or "Index
Figure" as set out in Condition 4.1 shall apply
(xvi) Fraction
Count
Day
(Condition $3.2.5$ ):
Actual/Actual-ICMA
$\left( xy\right)$ Base Index Figure: 231.3 (i.e. the figure applicable to February 2011, being the
month falling 8 months prior to October 2011)
(xiv) Limited Indexation Month(s) Not Applicable
or Period for calculation of
Limited Indexation Factor:
(xiii) Indexation
Maximum
Factor:
Not Applicable
(xii) Business Centre(s)
(Condition $3.2.5$ ):
London
(xi) Minimum Indexation Factor: Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

19.

$\sim$

20. Residual Holding Call Option Not Applicable
21. Call Option Not Applicable
22. Put Option Not Applicable
23. NGET Restructuring Put Option: Not Applicable
24. Final Redemption Amount of each
Instrument:
(i) Index/Formula: The Index as defined in Condition 4.1
(ii) Agent
Calculation
responsible for calculating
Redemption
Final
the
Amount:
Not Applicable
(iii) Provisions for determining
Final Redemption Amount
calculated
by
where
reference to Index and/or
other
and/or
Formula
variable:
The Final Redemption Amount per Instrument shall be its
outstanding nominal amount adjusted in accordance with
Condition 4.2
  • Not Applicable Determination Date(s): $(iv)$
  • Conditions 4.3 to 4.5 shall apply Provisions for determining $(v)$ Final Redemption Amount calculation by where reference to Index and/or and/or other Formula variable is impossible or impracticable or otherwise disrupted:
  • Maturity Date Payment Date: $(vi)$
  • £100 per Calculation Amount Minimum Final Redemption $(vii)$ Amount:
  • Maximum Final Redemption Not Applicable $(viii)$ Amount:

Early Redemption Amount 25.

Redemption $(i)$ Early of each Amount(s) payable on Instrument redemption for taxation reasons (Condition 5.2) or Event of Default on (Condition 9) or other early and/or the redemption method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in the Conditions):

Subject to the following proviso, the Early Redemption Amount of an Instrument shall be £100 per Calculation Amount together with interest accrued but unpaid up to and including the date of redemption (in each case adjusted in accordance with Condition 4.2); provided that if, in the case of a redemption pursuant to any of Condition 4.6, 4.10, 5.2 and 5.6, adjustment of the redemption amount in accordance with Condition 4.2 would reduce the amount of principal payable upon redemption to less than £100 per Calculation Amount, the Early Redemption Amount of an Instrument shall be £100 per Calculation Amount together with interest accrued but unpaid up to and including the date of redemption (in the case of the interest only, adjusted in accordance with Condition 4.2).

  • for taxation Yes Redemption $(ii)$ reasons permitted on days other than Interest Payment Dates (Condition 5.2)
  • Yes Unmatured Coupons to $(iii)$ become void upon early redemption (Condition 6.5)

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE INSTRUMENTS

Form of Instruments: 26.

Bearer Instruments:

Permanent Global Instrument which is exchangeable for Definitive Instruments in the limited circumstances specified in the permanent Global Instrument.

New Global Note 27.

No

  • Financial Centre(s) or other special London 28. provisions relating to Payment Dates (Condition 6.6):
  • No Talons for future Coupons or 29. Receipts to be attached to Definitive Instruments (and dates on which such Talons mature):
  • Not Applicable to Partly Details relating Paid 30. amount Instruments: of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made and consequences (if any) of failure to pay, including any right of the Issuer to forfeit the Instruments and interest due on late payment:
  • Instalment Not Applicable Details relating to 31. Instruments:
  • Redenomination, renominalisation Not Applicable 32. and reconventioning provisions:

Not Applicable Consolidation provisions: 33.

Not Applicable Other final terms: 34.

DISTRIBUTION

If syndicated, names Barclays Bank PLC and 35. $(i)$ 5 The North Colonnade addresses of Managers and Canary Wharf underwriting commitments: London E14 4BB

Evolution Securities Limited 100 Wood Street London EC2V 7AN

(together, the "Joint Lead Managers")

The Instruments will not be underwritten by the Joint Lead Managers

  • 30 September 2011 Subscription $(ii)$ Date of Agreement:
  • Stabilising Manager(s) (if Not Applicable $(iii)$ any):
36. non-syndicated,
name
If
addresses of Dealer:
and Not Applicable
37. Total commission and concession: The Joint Lead Managers will receive total fees and
commissions of 0.65 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount of the Instruments, out of which the Authorised
Distributors will receive fees of 0.45 per cent. of the
Aggregate Nominal Amount of the Instruments allotted to
them
38. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA C
39. Non-exempt Offer: An offer of the Instruments may be made by the Joint Lead
Managers and the Authorised Distributors (as defined
herein) (together with the Joint Lead Managers, the
"Financial Intermediaries") other than pursuant to Article
3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in the United Kingdom (the
"Public Offer Jurisdiction") during the period from the
time of publication of the Final Terms dated 13 September
on 13 September 2011 until 5.00 p.m. (London time) on 29
September 2011 or such earlier time and date as agreed
between the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers and
announced via a Regulatory Information Service (the "Offer
Period"). The only person authorised to use these Final
Terms and the Prospectus in connection with an offer of the
Instruments are the Financial Intermediaries and such
persons are only entitled to use such documents during the
Offer Period. See further Paragraph 8 of Part B below.
40. Additional selling restrictions: Pursuant to U.S. Treas. Reg. § 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the "C
Rules"), the Instruments must be issued and delivered
outside the United States and its possessions in connection
with their original issuance. Each Joint Lead Manager has
not offered, sold or delivered, and will not offer, sell or
deliver, directly or indirectly, the Instruments within the
United States or its possessions in connection with their
original issuance. Further, in connection with the original
issuance of the Instruments, each Joint Lead Manager has
not communicated, and will not communicate, directly or
indirectly, with a prospective purchaser if either the Joint
Lead Manager or the prospective purchaser is within the
United States or its possessions and will not otherwise
involve a U.S. office of such Joint Lead Manager in the offer
or sale of such Instruments. Terms used in this paragraph
have the meanings given to them by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code and regulations thereunder, including the C
Rules.

Further additional selling restrictions in relation to Guernsey and the Isle of Man set out in the Annex hereto will apply to the issue and offering of the Instruments.

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue, public offer in the United Kingdom and admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's Regulated Market of the Instruments described herein pursuant to the Euro Medium Term Note Programme of National Grid plc and National Grid Electricity Transmission plc.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

$M.C.$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By:

Duly authorised

PART B-OTHER INFORMATION

1. LISTING
(i) Listing: London (the Official List of the UK Listing Authority)
(ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for
the Instruments to be admitted to trading on the London Stock
Exchange's regulated market and through the London Stock
Exchange's electronic order book for retail bonds (ORB) with
effect from 6 October 2011.
Evolution Securities Limited (but not Barclays Bank PLC)
will be appointed as a registered market maker through ORB
(www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-
the
when
markets/retail-bonds/retail-bonds-search.html)
Instruments are issued. Market-making will also be supported
by Barclays Bank PLC on the bondscape platform
(www.bondscape.net)
2. RATINGS
Ratings: The Instruments are expected to be rated:
$S\&P:$
$BBB+$
Moody's: Baa1
Fitch: BBB+
Each of Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe
Limited, Moody's Investors Service Limited and Fitch Ratings
Limited is established in the European Union and has applied
for registration under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009,
although notification of the corresponding registration
decision has not yet been provided by the relevant competent

A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE 3.

authority.

Save for any fees payable to the Joint Lead Managers and Authorised Distributors, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Instruments has an interest material to the offer.

REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES $\overline{4}$ .

Reasons for the offer
(i)
See "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus
------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- --
  • £258,310,000 (being the Aggregate Nominal Amount of the Estimated net proceeds: $(ii)$ Instruments at the Issue Price of 100 per cent. less fees and commissions totalling £1,690,000)
  • £300,000 Estimated total expenses: $(iii)$

PERFORMANCE OF INDEX/FORMULA/ OTHER VARIABLE/ EXPLANATION OF 5. EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING

The Retail Prices Index ("RPI") is the most familiar general purpose domestic measure of inflation in the UK. The RPI has been used as a measure of inflation since 1947 and measures the average change from month to month in the prices of goods and services purchased by most households in the UK. The spending pattern on which the RPI is based is revised each year, mainly using information from official expenditure and food surveys.

The RPI is compiled by the UK Office of National Statistics ("ONS") using a large and representative selection of approximately 650 separate goods and services for which price movements are regularly measured in approximately 150 areas throughout the UK. Approximately 120,000 separate price quotations are used each month in compiling the RPI. The UK Government uses the RPI for its own existing inflation-linked bonds. If prices rise compared to the previous month, the RPI goes up and if prices fall compared to the previous month, the RPI goes down. It takes a couple of weeks for the ONS to compile the index, so they publish each month's RPI figure during the following month, i.e. the figure relating to February will be published in March. The RPI figures used in the calculation of interest payments on the bonds and the face value of the bonds at redemption are numerical representations of where prices on a list of items bought by an average family stand at a point in time, in relation to their past values.

More information on the RPI, including past and current levels, can be found at the following website: www.statistics.gov.uk.

Movements in the RPI are used to measure the effect of inflation on both the interest on and the face value of the Instruments as described herein. The coupons and the amount borrowed are both adjusted in line with the RPI.

A number of particularly important risks relating to an investment in the Instruments are set out in the Prospectus.

In addition, interest is paid on the face value of the Instruments, and is adjusted for changes in RPI between February 2011 and the month which is eight months prior the relevant coupon payment date. It is possible that the RPI will decrease during any relevant period. In this case, a coupon payment could be lower than the previous amount paid. In a deflationary environment, the annual interest received may decrease as per the change in RPI. There is no guarantee that investors will receive an annual rate of 1.25% or more interest in respect of any coupon except the first. However, on redemption investors will be entitled to receive at least the face value of the Instruments.

As with most investments, investors could get back less than they invest or lose all of their initial investment.

The Issuer does not intend to provide post issuance information.

6.

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

  • XS0678522490 ISIN Code: $(i)$
  • 067852249 Common Code: $(ii)$

identification number(s):

  • The Instruments will settle in Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and $system(s)$ Any clearing $(iii)$ Clearstream Banking, société anonyme. The Instruments will other than Euroclear Bank also be made eligible for CREST via the issue of CDIs S.A./N.V. and Clearstream representing the Instruments. Banking, société anonyme the relevant and
  • Delivery against payment Delivery: $(iv)$
  • The Bank of New York Mellon Names and addresses of $(v)$ One Canada Square initial Paying Agent(s): London E14 5AL
  • Names and addresses of Not Applicable $(vi)$ additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):
  • Intended to be held in a No $(vii)$ manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

7. General

The aggregate principal amount of Euro 301,546,539.42 the Instruments issued has been translated into Euro at the rate of 1.00, $=$ Euro £0.8622218 producing sum of (for $\mathbf{a}$ Instruments not denominated in Euro):

Additional steps that may only be Not Applicable taken following approval by an Extraordinary Resolution in accordance with Condition 11.1:

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER 8.

Offer Period: 13 September 2011 to 29 September 2011 (5.00 p.m. London
time) or such earlier time and date as agreed between the
Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers and announced via a
Regulatory Information Service (the "Offer Period")
Offer Price: The Instruments will be issued at the Issue Price. Any
investor intending to acquire any Instruments from a bank,
financial intermediary or other entity (including an Authorised
Distributor) will do so in accordance with any terms and other

arrangements in place between the seller or distributor and such investor, including as to price, allocations and settlement arrangements. The Issuer is not party to such arrangements with investors and accordingly investors must obtain such information from the relevant seller or distributor. The Issuer has no responsibility to an investor for such information.

The issue of the Instruments will be conditional upon the Conditions to which the offer is Subscription Agreement being signed by the Issuer and the subject: Joint Lead Managers and further to the terms of the Subscription Agreement which will in certain circumstances entitle the Joint Lead Managers to be released and discharged from their obligations under the Subscription Agreement prior

to the issue of the Instruments.

application Description of the process:

Investors will be notified by the relevant Joint Lead Manager or Authorised Distributor of their allocations of Instruments and the settlement arrangements in respect thereof as soon as practicable after the final terms confirmation set out in an announcement by the Issuer (the "Final Terms Confirmation Announcement") is made which may be after the Offer Period has ended.

After the closing time and date of the Offer Period no Instruments will be offered for sale (i) by or on behalf of the Issuer or (ii) by the Joint Lead Managers and/or any Authorised Distributor (in their respective capacities as Joint Lead Managers or Authorised Distributors) except with the consent of the Issuer.

The Issuer reserves the right (following agreement with the Joint Lead Managers) to end the Offer Period earlier, in which case the Issue Date and, in turn, the Interest Payment Dates may change. Any such changes will be announced via a Regulatory Information Service.

Investors may not be allocated all of the Instruments for which they apply.

In the event the issue is oversubscribed, allotment shall be prorated, which means that reductions may be applied.

Description of possibility to reduce subscriptions and manner for refunding excess amount paid by applicants:

Details of the minimum and/or maximum amount of application:

Details of the method and time limits for paying up and delivering the Instruments:

The minimum subscription per investor is £2,000 in nominal amount of the Instruments.

The Instruments will be issued on the Issue Date against payment to the Issuer by or on behalf of the Joint Lead Managers of the subscription moneys (less any amount of commission that the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers agree should be deducted from the subscription moneys). Investors will be notified by the relevant Joint Lead Manager or Manner and date in which results of the offer are to be made public:

the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange) prior to the Issue Date; such announcement is currently expected to be made on or around 30 September 2011.

Not Applicable

Procedure for exercise of any right of pre-emption, negotiability of subscription rights and treatment of subscription rights not exercised:

Categories of potential investors to which the Instruments are offered and whether tranche(s) have been reserved for certain countries:

notification for to Process applicants of the amount allotted and the indication whether dealing may begin before notification is made:

Amount of any expenses and taxes charged to the specifically subscriber or purchaser:

Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man during the Offer Period. Investors will be notified by the relevant Joint Lead Manager

Instruments will be offered by the Joint Lead Managers and

the Authorised Distributors to the public in the United

Authorised Distributor of their allocations of Instruments (if

The Final Terms Confirmation Announcement will be

published by a Regulatory Information Service (expected to be

any) and the settlement arrangements in respect thereof.

or Authorised Distributor of their allocations of Instruments (if any) in accordance with the arrangements in place between the relevant investor and the relevant Joint Lead Manager or Authorised Distributor.

No such expenses or taxes upon issue will be allocated by the Issuer to any investor. Any investor intending to acquire any Instruments from a bank, financial intermediary or other entity (including an Authorised Distributor) other than a Joint Lead Manager in its capacity as such will do so in accordance with any terms and other arrangements in place between the seller or distributor and such investor, including as to price, allocations and settlement arrangements. None of the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers are party to such arrangements with investors and accordingly investors must obtain such information from the relevant seller or distributor. None of the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers have any responsibility to an investor for such information.

Name(s) and address(es), to the extent known to the Issuer, of the placers in the various countries where the offer takes place:

Barclays Bank PLC 5 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5LB

Evolution Services Limited 100 Wood Street London EC2V 7AN

Barclays Stockbrokers Limited 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP

Brewin Dolphin Limited (trading as Stocktrade) 12 Smithfield Street London EC1A 9BD

Charles Stanley & Company Limited 25 Luke Street London EC2A 4AR

Killik & Co LLP 46 Grosvenor Street London W1K 3HN

Redmayne-Bentley LLP 9 Bond Court Leeds LS1 2JZ

Talos Securities Limited (trading as Selftrade) Boatman's House 2 Selsdon Way London E14 9LA

NCL Investments Limited (trading as Smith & Williamson Securities) 25 Moorgate London EC2R 6AY

Williams de Broë Limited 100 Wood Street London EC2V 7AN

who, as at the date of these Amended and Restated Final Terms, are the authorised distributors who have each been appointed by the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers to offer and distribute the Instruments purchased from the Joint Lead Managers to the public in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man in accordance with all prevailing regulatory requirements during the Offer Period (together, the "Authorised Distributors").

Further Authorised Distributors may be appointed with the prior written consent of the Issuer during the Offer Period and, if so, will be identified as such in the Final Terms Confirmation Announcement.

None of the Issuer and the Joint Lead Managers has authorised, nor will it authorise, the making of any other offer of the Instruments in any other circumstances.

ANNEX

ADDITIONAL SELLING RESTRICTIONS

For the purposes of the National Grid plc Amended and Restated Final Terms dated 30 September 2011 (to which this Annex is attached), the following selling restrictions shall also apply to the issue and offering of the Instruments:

Guernsey

The Instruments cannot be marketed, offered or sold in or to persons resident in Guernsey other than in compliance with the licensing requirements of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 as amended, and the regulations enacted thereunder, or any exemption therefrom.

This document and the Prospectus have not been approved or authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for circulation in Guernsey. Neither this document nor the Prospectus may be distributed or circulated directly or indirectly to any persons in the Bailiwick of Guernsey other than (i) by a person licensed to do so under the terms of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, or (ii) to those persons regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as licensees under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, the Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 or the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and Company Directors etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000.

Isle of Man

The Instruments cannot be marketed, offered or sold in, or to persons resident in, the Isle of Man, other than in compliance with the licensing requirements of the Isle of Man Financial Services Act 2008 and the Regulated Activities Order 2008 or any exemption therefrom.