Holding in Company

RNS Number : 9228F

Grafton Group PLC

15 October 2008

 

TR - 1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Grafton Group plc

2

Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate box):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)

3

Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Allied Irish Banks, plc and its subsidiaries

4

Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3):

N/A

5

Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

10 October 2008

6

Date on which issuer notified:

14 October 2008

7

Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8

Notified Details:

A: Voting Rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using ISIN CODE)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

(Sedols: B00NKF3 B00MZ44 and 3035184)

7,122,783

7,122,783

6,783,847

6,783,847

Nil

2.95%

Nil

SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)

7,122,783

7,122,783

6,783,847

6,783,847

2.95%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

% of voting rights

N/A

TOTAL (A + B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

6,783,847

2.95%

9

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Name of Company/Fund

No. of shares

Class of Security

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd

463,316

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184062

770,058

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184219

21,745

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184234

42,735

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184235

101,168

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184316

24,400

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184321

585,878

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184344

32,914

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184346

19,920

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184347

4,590

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184615

63,789

Ordinary Shares

BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 184620

23,955

Ordinary Shares

Nortust Nominees Limited

295,314

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T00438

2,100

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T04715

10,440

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T04716

38,412

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T05671

8,800

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T11635

6,240

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T12351

11,000

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T17108

2,000

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T17151

3,540

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T00018

5,000

Ordinary Shares

Alibank Nominees Limited A/c T13272

3,000

Ordinary Shares

Goodbody Stockbrokers Nominees Limited

4,243,493

Ordinary Shares

AIB Services Limited

40

Ordinary Shares

TOTAL

6,783,847

2.95%

Proxy Voting

10

In case of proxy voting: [name of proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. (N//A)

11

Additional information

Done at AIB, Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on 14 October 2008

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

The Irish Stock Exchange.

 

END

 

 

ISEXELFFVBBLFBE