UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT NATIONAL GRID plc Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement Standard ProvisionsUnderwriting Agreement • June 16th, 2009 • National Grid PLC • Natural gas transmission • New York
From time to time, National Grid plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements in the form of Annex A hereto that incorporate by reference these Standard Provisions (collectively with these Standard Provisions, an “Underwriting Agreement”) that provide for the sale of the securities designated in such Underwriting Agreement (the “Securities”) to the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), for whom the Underwriter(s) named therein shall act as representative (the “Representative”). The Underwriting Agreement, including these Standard Provisions, is sometimes referred to herein as this “Agreement”. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated July 3, 2006 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York (now The Bank of New York Mellon), as trustee (the “Trustee”).
