Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6818C

Grafton Group PLC

20 January 2015

Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC[I]

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached [ii]:

Grafton Group PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[x] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ] 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

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]:

19^th January 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20^th January 2015

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

Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]
	Number of Shares[viii]	Number of Voting rights[ix]	Number of shares[x]	Number of voting rights[xi]		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct[xii]	Indirect[xiii]	Direct	Indirect
IE00B00MZ448	10,242,813	10,242,813	N/A	N/A	11,664,854	N/A	5.02%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				11,664,854		5.02%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xv]	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date[xvi]	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)