National Grid PLC 6-K, filed Dec 9, 2021

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date: 9 December 2021

Commission File Number: 001-14958

NATIONAL GRID plc

(Registrant’s Name)

1-3 Strand

London WC2N 5EH, England

(Registrant’s Address)

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Please see Exhibit 99.1 Announcement sent to the London Stock Exchange on 9 December 2021 — 'Scrip Dividend for 2021/22 Interim Dividend'

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.

Date:9 December 2021

EXHIBIT INDEX

Document

Exhibit 99.1

9 December 2021

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

Scrip Dividend for 2021/22 Interim Dividend

The optional scrip dividend, allowing shareholders to receive new fully paid ordinary shares in the Company, instead of a cash dividend, is available to ordinary shareholders on the register on 3 December 2021, the dividend record date. A timetable is provided below.

For ordinary shareholders, the scrip dividend reference price for the 2021/22 interim dividend is 1015.80 pence. This is calculated as the average closing mid-market price of an ordinary share for the five dealing days commencing with, and including, the ordinary share ex-dividend date.

For American Depositary Receipt (ADR) holders, the scrip ADR reference price for the 2021/22 interim dividend is US$67.3374. This is calculated by multiplying the scrip dividend reference price above by five (as there are five ordinary shares underlying each ADR) and by the average US$ rate for the equivalent dates.

The current terms and conditions of the scrip dividend scheme are available in the Investors section on the Company's https://www.nationalgrid.com/investors/shareholder-information/dividends/scrip-dividend-scheme and from Equiniti (0800 169 7775).

2021/22 interim dividend timetable:

*The figure shown is gross of a $0.01 per ADR interim dividend fee which will be applied to cash distributions made to ADR holders in relation to the 2021/22 interim dividend.  This fee does not apply to ADRs received through the scrip dividend.

Megan Barnes

Head of Company Secretariat