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May 21, 2010

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National Grid plc: Capital Increase

With the introduction of Eurex Release 13.0, the number of available digits for settlement prices for equity options was extended. As prices with up to four decimal places may occur on cash markets, the Executive Board of Eurex Clearing AG decided to standardize the number of decimal places at four decimal places for all equity options denominated in euro, Swiss franc and U.S. dollar. Settlement prices for British equity options will remain unchanged at two decimal places.

In view of the number of equity options, the introduction will take place in four steps. The change will be implemented with effect from January 19, 2011, January 26, 2011, February 2, 2011 and February 9, 2011. Please refer to the attachment for the products concerned with introduction dates.

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Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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