Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

 

 

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

 

Date: 11 March 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-14958

 

 

NATIONAL GRID plc

 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

England and Wales

 

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 

 

 

1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom

(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.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Exhibit 99.1 Announcement sent to the London Stock Exchange on 11 March 2024 — Completion of sale of 20% of National Gas

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

11 March 2024

 

National Grid plc ("National Grid")

 

Completion of sale of 20% of National Gas

 

 

National Grid plc is pleased to announce that it has today completed the sale of a further 20% equity interest in National Gas to the existing majority owners, a consortium of long-term investors led by Macquarie Asset Management, which we announced on 19 July 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

Enquiries and contacts

 

 

Investors and Analyst:

 

Nick Ashworth                                     [phone]

Angela Broad                                       [phone]

James Flanagan                                    [phone]

 

Media:

 

Molly Neal                                           [phone]

Lyndsey Evans                                    [phone]

 

 

 

About National Gas

 

National Gas owns and operates the regulated gas National Transmission System ("NTS") in Great Britain, and also owns a regulated gas metering business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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
	By:	/s/Sally Kenward _______________________
		Sally Kenward Senior Assistant Company Secretary

 

 

 

Date: 11 March 2024

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