Next dividend:
The next dividend will be the 2009/10 interim dividend payable in January 2010.
Last dividend:
The 2008/09 final dividend was paid on 19 August 2009 for shareholders on the register on 5 June 2009 in the amount of 23.0 pence per ordinary share.
Following shareholder approval at the AGM, an optional scrip dividend, allowing shareholders to receive new fully paid ordinary shares in the Company was available to shareholders on the record date for the 2008/09 final dividend and for future dividends.
The scrip dividend reference share price for the 2008/09 final dividend, being the average closing mid-market price of an ordinary share for the 5 dealing days commencing with and including the ex-dividend date of 3 June, was 555.5 pence.
Details of the scrip dividend including the terms and conditions are available on the Company meetings section of the National Grid website and were sent to shareholders with the AGM documents.
Previous dividends:
The attached spreadsheet includes details of dividends paid by National Grid, National Grid Group and Lattice Group: