6-K

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: 3 December 2020

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 3 December 2020 — 'Scrip Dividend for 2020/21 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.

NATIONAL GRID plc
By:	/s/Ceri James _______________________
	Ceri James Assistant Company Secretary

Date:3 December 2020

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Exhibit 99.1 Announcement sent to the London Stock Exchange on 3 December 2020 — 'Scrip Dividend for 2020/21 Interim Dividend'

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

3 December 2020

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

Scrip Dividend for 2020/21 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 27 November 2020, the dividend record date. A timetable is provided below.

For ordinary shareholders, the scrip dividend reference price for the 2020/21 interim dividend is 864.44 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 2020/21 interim dividend is US$57.7160. This is calculated by multiplying the scrip dividend reference price above by five (as there are five ordinary shares underlying each ADR) and by the average US$ 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 website (https://investors.nationalgrid.com/~/media/Files/N/National-Grid-IR-V2/shareholder-information/scrip-dividend-scheme-tc-vjuly-2020.pdf) and from Equiniti (0800 169 7775).

2020/21 interim dividend timetable:

12 November 2020	2020/21 half year results and interim dividend amount declared – 17.00 pence per ordinary share; $1.1285 per ADR*
25 November 2020	ADRs go ex-dividend for 2020/21 interim dividend
26 November 2020	Ordinary shares go ex-dividend for 2020/21 interim dividend
27 November 2020	Record date for 2020/21 interim dividend
3 December 2020	Scrip reference price announced
14 December 2020	Scrip election date for 2020/21 interim dividend (5pm London time)
13 January 2021	2020/21 interim dividend paid to qualifying shareholders

 * 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 2020/21 interim dividend.  This fee does not apply to ADRs received through the scrip dividend.

Megan Barnes

Head of Company Secretariat