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174 The business in detail
174 Key milestones
175 Where we operate
176 UK regulation
178 US regulation
183 Internal control and risk factors
183 Disclosure controls
183 Internal control over financial reporting
183 Risk factors
187 Shareholder information
187 Articles of Association
188 Depositary payments to the Company
188 Description of securities other than equity
securities: depositary fees and charges
188 Documents on display
188 Events after the reporting period
188 Exchange controls
189 Exchange rates
189 Material interests in shares
189 Share capital
190 Share price
190 Shareholder analysis
190 Ta xation
193 Other disclosures
193 All-employee share plans
193 Change of control provisions
193 Code of Ethics
193 Conflicts of interest
193 Corporate governance practices: differences
from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
listing standards
194 Directors’ indemnity
194 Employees
194 Human rights
194 Listing Rule 9.8.4 R cross reference table
194 Material contracts
194 Political donations and expenditure
194 Property, plant and equipment
194 Research and development
195 Unresolved SEC staff comments
196 Other unaudited financial information
200 Summary consolidated financial information
202 Further information regarding financial KPIs
and other performance measures
203 Definitions and glossary of terms
207 Want more information or help?
The business in detail
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
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
174 National Grid Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16 Additional Information
Additional Information contents