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Key milestones
Some of the key dates and
actionsin the corporate
historyof National Grid are
listed below. The full history
goesback much further.
1986 British Gas (BG) privatisation
1986 British Gas (BG) privatisation
1990 Electricity transmission network in England and Wales
transferred to National Grid on electricity privatisation
1995 National Grid listed on the London Stock Exchange
1997 Centrica demerged from BG
Energis demerged from National Grid
2000 Lattice Group demerged from BG and listed separately
New England Electric System and Eastern Utilities
Associates acquired
2002 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation merged with
National Grid in US
National Grid and Lattice Group merged to form
National Grid Transco
2004 UK wireless infrastructure network acquired from
Crown Castle International Corp
2005 Four UK regional gas distribution networks sold
andNational Grid adopted as our name
2006 Rhode Island gas distribution network acquired
2007 UK and US wireless infrastructure operations and the
Basslink electricity interconnector in Australia sold
KeySpan Corporation acquired
2008 Ravenswood generation station sold
2010 Rights issue raised £3.2 billion
2012 New Hampshire electricity and gas distribution
businesses sold
Additional Information contents
164 The business in detail
164 Key milestones
165 Where we operate
166 UK regulation
168 US regulation
173 Internal control and risk factors
173 Disclosure controls
173 Internal control over financial reporting
173 Risk factors
177 Shareholder information
177 Articles of Association
178 Board biographies
180 Depositary payments to the Company
180 Description of securities other than equity
securities: depositary fees and charges
180 Documents on display
180 Events after the reporting period
180 Exchange controls
180 Exchange rates
180 Material interests in shares
181 Share capital
181 Share price
182 Shareholder analysis
182 Taxation
184 Other disclosures
184 All-employee share plans
184 Change of control provisions
184 Code of Ethics
184 Conflicts of interest
184 Corporate governance practices: differences
fromNew York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
listingstandards
185 Directors’ indemnity
185 Employees
185 Human Rights
185 Listing Rule 9.8.4R cross reference table
185 Material contracts
185 Political donations and expenditure
185 Property, plant and equipment
185 Research and development
185 Unresolved SEC staff comments
186 Other unaudited financial information
190 Summary consolidated financial information
192 Definitions and glossary of terms
196 Want more information or help?
Additional Information
The business in detail
164