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

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

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 FORM 6-K

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

 

Date: 26 September 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-14958

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NATIONAL GRID plc

 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

England and Wales

 

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 

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

(Address of principal executive office)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Exhibit 99.1 Announcement sent to the London Stock Exchange on 26 September 2024 — Completion of sale of final 20% of National Gas

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

26 September 2024

 

National Grid plc

 

Completion of sale of final 20% of National Gas

 

National Grid plc ("National Grid") is pleased to announce that it has today completed the sale of its final 20% equity interest in National Gas to a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors led by Macquarie Asset Management.

Enquiries and contacts

 

Investors and Analysts:

 

Angela Broad                                      [phone]

Tom Edwards                                      [phone]

 

Media:

 

Dan Roberts, Brunswick                     [phone]

 

Notes to Editors

 

About National Grid

 

National Grid lies at the heart of a transforming energy system, spanning the UK and the US. Our businesses supply gas and electricity, safely, reliably and efficiently to millions of customers and communities. But we also drive change through engineering innovation and by incubating new ideas with the power to revolutionise our industry.

 

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system including delivering The Great Grid Upgrade - the largest overhaul of the UK grid in generations - and building the Upstate Upgrade, the largest investment in New York's electricity transmission network for over a century.

 

As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, and is one of the FTSE's largest investors in the energy transition. 

 

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:	Beth Melges
		Beth Melges Head of Plc Governance

 

 

 

Date: 26 September 2024

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