-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LeW+d7PPARJeKoUxE3pZQux5ojNo/w5gzdXaUgK/27LXXIVHNgxzDbr/i7vYBA93 EwNdojsI3Kogfwp1wJl8OQ== 0000071297-04-000028.txt : 20040628 0000071297-04-000028.hdr.sgml : 20040628 20040628165053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000071297-04-000028 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20031231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL GRID TRANSCO PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001004315 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 980367158 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14958 FILM NUMBER: 04885541 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1-3 STRAND CITY: LONDON WC2N 5EH STATE: X0 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL GRID GROUP PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991007 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL GRID HOLDING PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991007 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL GRID USA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000071297 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 041663060 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-12313 FILM NUMBER: 04885540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 RESEARCH DR CITY: WESTBOROUGH STATE: MA ZIP: 01582 BUSINESS PHONE: 508-389-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 RESEARCH DR CITY: WESTBOROUGH STATE: MA ZIP: 01582 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 11-K 1 thr204.htm FORM 11-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

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FORM 11-K

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ANNUAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003

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Commission File Number 1-14958

National Grid USA Companies' Incentive Thrift Plan II
National Grid USA
25 Research Drive
Westborough, MA 01582

National Grid Transco plc
1-3 Strand
London
WC2N 5EH
ENGLAND

REQUIRED INFORMATION

        The financial statements required by Form 11-K are filed as exhibits and incorporated herein by reference

EXHIBITS

99.1        Financial statements of National Grid USA Companies' Incentive Thrift Plan II, filed under cover of Form SE

99.2       Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the National Grid USA Servcie Company, Inc. Benefits Committee (the Plan Administrator for the National Grid USA Companies' Incentive Thrift Plan II) has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                NATIONAL GRID USA COMPANIES' INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN II

                                s:\John G. Cochrane

                                By__________________________________
                                John G. Cochrane, Chairman
                                National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
                                Benefits Committee

Date:        June 28, 2004

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Description Page
Exhibit 99.1 Financial Statements of National Grid USA Companies' Incentive Thrift Plan II Filed under cover of Form SE
Exhibit 99.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm Filed herewith

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-33094) of National Grid Group plc of our report dated May 14, 2004 relating to the financial statements of the National Grid USA Companies' Incentive Thrift Plan II, which appears in this Form 11-K.

s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

June 28, 2004

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