21 November 2008
Notification of Shareholding under Chapter 2 of Part IV of the Companies Act, 1990
Grafton Group plc ('the company') has been informed on 20 November 2008 by Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited of 40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4 that it has an interest in 6,839,558 Grafton Units representing 2.97 per cent of the issued share capital of the company.
Of this holding, 30,674 units are registered in the nominee company name of Bank of New York Custodial Nominees Limited, 648,078 units are registered in the name of Mellon Nominees Limited, 95,541 units are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Limited and 6,065,265 units are registered in the name of Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, as registered owner only on behalf of a range of clients each of whom are the beneficial owner of a portion of the holding.
Charles Rinn
Secretary
Grafton Group plc
Heron House
Corrig Road,
Sandyford Industrial Estate
Dublin 18
Ph: +353 1 216 0600
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
the Irish Stock Exchange.