Investor Relations | May 2015
Welcome to your news update from National Grid, one of the world's largest publically owned utilities.
John Dawson
Investor Relations Director
As we approach our year end results presentation for 2014/15, we would like to provide you with a schedule of our planned activities, including opportunities to meet management and the IR team, and highlight recent events since our last newsletter. We hope to see you in the coming months, and as always, please don't hesitate to contact us if we can help in any way.
In this edition:
1. Investor Relations year end results schedule and calendar
Events of interest you may have missed…
2. National Grid and Statnett sign agreement to proceed with UK-Norway interconnector
3. National Grid releases Summer Outlook Report 2015
4. National Grid publishes RIIO baseline data book b ased o n Of gem's
financial model iteration of November 2014
Upcoming events Financial calendar Contacts
Presentations and links
Upcoming events
28 May
JP Morgan Amsterdam Forum
2 - 3 June
Credit Suisse Global Energy
Conference, London
10 - 11 June
BAML Utilities Conference, London
11 June
Oddo Securities SRI Conference, Paris
1 July
LSE's FTSE 100 Conference for
Private Client PMs, London
Financial calendar
1 April - 20 May
Close period
21 May
Full year results 2014/15
4 June
Ordinary shares go ex-dividend
5 June
Record date for final dividend
Contacts
John Dawson:
+44 (0)20 7004 3170
Andy Mead:
+44 (0)20 7004 3166
Victoria Davies:
+44 (0)20 7004 3171
Michael Ioanilli:
+44 (0)20 7004 3006
Richard Foster:
+44 (0)20 7004 3169
George Laskaris (US):
+1 (929) 324 4170
Tom Hull (US):
+1 (917) 524 4099
Presentations and links
From this issue:
National Grid 2014/15 Results
Webcast
Summer Outlook report for
2015
RIIO baseline data book
National Grid 2013/14additional appendices
Group
1. Investor Relations year end results schedule and calendar
National Grid will be announcing year end results for 2014/15 on Thursday, 21 May at 7:00 AM. There will be a live webcast that can be accesses by clicking here: National Grid 2014/15 Results Webcast (registration required the first time you access). A replay will be available at the same link shortly after the presentation is complete.
Later on Thursday, John Dawson, Investor Relations Director, will be hosting a conference call and Q&A at
2:00 PM GMT. The call can be accessed at +44 (0) 808 109 0700 (UK) and: +1 866 966 5335 (US). Please quote password 'National Grid' to enter the call.
Following the results announcement, National Grid's investor relations and management teams will be conducting investor meetings across Europe and North America in late May and June. If you would like to express interest in a meeting, please contact Richard Foster at +44 (0)20 7004 3169. We will also be attending the conferences below and hope to see you there.
Conferences:
28 May: JPMorgan Amsterdam Forum, Amsterdam
2 - 3 June: Credit Suisse Global Energy Conference, London
10 - 11 June: BAML Utilities Conference, London
11 June: Oddo Securities (SRI conference), Paris
1 July: LSE's FTSE 100 Conference for Private Client PMs, London
Cities planned as part of roadshows in May and June:
Europe: Dublin, Edinburgh, Geneva, London, Zurich
North America: Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Greater New York City, Philadelphia, Toronto
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Other Activities
2. National Grid and Statnett sign agreement to proceed with UK-Norway interconnector
National Grid has signed an agreement to proceed with the NSN Link interconnector between Great Britain and Norway. The project will be jointly developed on a 50:50 basis with Norwegian transmission owner Statnett and is expected to be operational early in the next decade.
National Grid expects to make a capital investment of around €1bn in the project, subject to agreeing appropriate construction and procurement contracts. NSN Link will be governed by a "cap and floor" regulatory regime with revenues in part derived from capacity rents principally related to electricity price differentials between countries.
In addition to having the potential to provide attractive growth, returns and long-term earnings benefits, interconnectors have the capability to add additional flexibility in managing the GB energy market and benefit UK consumers by providing access to lower cost and lower carbon generation.
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UK Regulated
3. National Grid releases Summer Outlook Report 2015
On 13 April 2015, National Grid released its Summer Outlook report for 2015. This presents the company's views of the UK gas and electricity systems for the coming summer. The supplies of both gas and electricity look to be adequate for the summer period and National Grid's networks are in good shape to meet the operational challenges of the coming months. To read the full report, please click HERE.
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UK Regulated
4. National Grid publishes the RIIO baseline data book based on Ofgem's financial model iteration of
November 2014
On 4 March 2015, National Grid published its annual RIIO baseline data book based on Ofgem's financial
model iteration of November 2014. The data contained in this report reflects Ofgem's best view and includes
2013/14 actual spend figures, Ofgem's view of outputs delivered and updated values for RPI and the allowed cost of debt. To view the data book, please click HERE.
Along with the data book National Grid published supplemental appendices that can be viewed HERE.
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timeliness of consents for construction projects); the timing of construction and delivery by third parties of new generation projects requiring connection; breaches of, or changes in, environmental, climate change and health and safety laws or regulations, including breaches or other incidents arising from the potentially harmful nature of its activities; network failure or interruption, the inability to carry out critical non network operations and damage to infrastructure, due to adverse weather conditions including the impact of major storms as well as the results of climate change or due to unauthorised access to or deliberate breaches of National Grid's IT systems and supporting technology; performance against regulatory targets and standards and against National Grid's peers with the aim of delivering stakeholder expectations regarding costs and efficiency savings, including those related to investment programmes and internal transformation projects (including the US financial system and controls); and customers and counterparties (including financial institutions) failing to perform their obligations to the Company. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in this announcement include fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates and commodity price indices; restrictions and conditions (including filing requirements) in National Grid's borrowing and debt arrangements, funding costs and access to financing; regulatory requirements for the Company to maintain financial resources in certain parts of its business and restrictions on some subsidiaries' transactions such as paying dividends, lending or levying charges; inflation; the delayed timing of recoveries and payments in National Grid's regulated businesses and whether aspects of its activities are contestable; the funding requirements and performance of National Grid's pension schemes and other post-retirement benefit schemes; the failure to attract, train or retain employees with the necessary competencies, including leadership skills, and any significant disputes arising with the National Grid's employees or the breach of laws or regulations by its employees; and the failure to respond to market developments and grow the Company's business to deliver its strategy, as well as incorrect or unforeseen assumptions or conclusions (including unanticipated costs and liabilities) relating to business development activity, including assumptions in connection with joint ventures. For further details regarding these and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may impact National Grid, please read the Strategic Report section and the 'Risk factors' on pages 167 to 169 of National Grid's most recent Annual Report and Accounts. In addition, new factors emerge from time to time and National Grid cannot assess the potential impact of any such factor on its activities or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual future results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Except as may be required by law or regulation, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement.