Holding in Company

Grafton Group PLC
29 August 2007

A letter from Bank of Ireland Asset Management dated 28th of August 2007,
received by the Irish Stock Exchange on the 29th of August 2007.







28th August 2007



Mr. James Ferguson

Operations Manager

Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2



  Notification of Transactions in Shares of Public Limited Companies - Grafton





Dear James,



I refer to Chapter 2 Section 91 of the Companies Act 1990 and hereby notify you
that our holding in Grafton has decreased from 10.02% to 9.92%



This has been calculated using an Issued Share Capital of 239,116,654 from the
ISE on the 28th August 2007


                                           % of Issued Share Capital

           No. of Shares                       after transaction

               Held*

            23,725,588                               9.92%




* Please be advised that these shares are registered in Nominee Company names
detailed below. This is on behalf of a range of clients who are the beneficial
owners of these shares.


BNY Custodial Nominees Ltd                            208,906 units
Mellon Nominees Ltd                                   59,406 units
Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd                          22,310,882 units
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                 663,330 units
ROY Nominees Ltd                                      483,064 units



If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.



Kind regards,



_____________________
Balraj Sra

Assistant Compliance Manager

Bank of Ireland Asset Management

40 Mespil Road

Dublin 4

Direct dial:  [phone]

Email: [e-mail]





This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

                           The Irish Stock Exchange.




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