Publication of AGM Results

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 10.00am at Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY.

Resolutions 1 to 23 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 24 to 27 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution Votes For For (% of shares voted) Votes against Against (% of shares voted) Votes Withheld**
1
To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2,414,142,271 99.94 1,495,933 0.06 3,449,696
2 To declare a final dividend 2,416,680,460 99.95 1,274,921 0.05 1,072,866
3 To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds 2,388,882,538 98.82 28,424,338 1.18 1,774,780
4 To re-elect John Pettigrew 2,415,759,080 99.93 1,768,203 0.07 1,503,781
5 To re-elect Andy Agg 2,413,736,546 99.85 3,591,142 0.15 1,762,582
6
To re-elect Thérèse Esperdy
2,390,590,755 98.89 26,881,692 1.11 1,558,131
7 To re-elect Liz Hewitt 2,415,192,698 99.91 2,108,038 0.09 1,788,871
8 To elect Ian Livingston 2,338,516,365 97.67 55,805,395 2.33 24,706,790
9 To elect Iain Mackay 2,414,569,562 99.89 2,668,807 0.11 1,850,183
10 To elect Anne Robinson 2,415,625,954 99.93 1,796,854 0.07 1,606,052
11 To re-elect Earl Shipp 2,390,177,787 98.88 27,117,023 1.12 1,795,742
12 To re-elect Jonathan Silver 2,390,747,459 98.89 26,719,585 1.11 1,562,942
13 To elect Tony Wood 2,414,585,546 99.89 2,644,990 0.11 1,853,600
14 To elect Martha Wyrsch 2,415,569,678 99.92 1,843,513 0.08 1,609,615
15
To re-appoint the auditors
Deloitte LLP
2,414,700,695 99.92 2,036,377 0.08 2,348,277
16

To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration 2,415,906,224 99.93 1,774,132 0.07 1,340,316
17

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 2,212,775,649 93.11 163,668,095 6.89 42,647,128


18 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 2,282,332,960 94.52 132,428,406 5.48 4,257,839
19 To approve the Climate Transition Plan 2,334,041,512 98.43 37,262,877 1.57 47,783,363
20
To authorise the Company to make political donations 2,371,463,445 98.43 37,815,515 1.57 9,275,923
21
To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares 2,325,763,640 96.21 91,726,591 3.79 1,591,011
22 To approve the Scrip Dividend Scheme 2,416,384,190 99.95 1,326,282 0.05 1,315,976
23 To authorise capitalising reserves for the Scrip Dividend Scheme 2,415,535,285 99.92 1,932,655 0.08 1,618,734
24* To disapply pre-emption rights 2,395,299,439 99.20 19,308,362 0.80 4,411,318
25*
To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions 2,354,925,954 97.53 59,729,889 2.47 4,366,550
26*

To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares 2,393,375,063 99.08 22,127,657 0.92 3,467,892
27*

To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice 2,231,718,442 92.31 185,861,406 7.69 1,443,454

* Special resolution
** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 24-27 (inclusive) have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's website https://www.nationalgrid.com/investors/shareholder-information/agm

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