4 June 2008
Notification of Shareholding under Chapter 2 of Part IV of the Companies Act, 1990
Grafton Group plc ('the company') has been informed on 3 June 2008 by Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited of 40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4 that it has an interest in 11,129,297 Grafton Units representing 4.84 per cent of the issued share capital of the company.
Of this holding, 126,699 units are registered in the nominee company name of BNY Custodial Nominees Limited, 684,072 units are registered in the name of Mellon Nominees Limited, 129,517 units are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Limited, 14,662 units are registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited and 10,174,347 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.
Susan Carroll
Assistant Company Secretary
Grafton Group plc
Ph: +353 1 216 0600
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
The Irish Stock Exchange.