Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5437W

Grafton Group PLC

19 August 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

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 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:

Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC

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

AIB Bank, Dublin

Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., London

The Northern Trust Company, London

State Street Bank and Trust Company, London

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

14 August 2015

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

17 August 2015

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

9%

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		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
GBP.05 UNIT ISIN: IE00B00MZ448	20,936,730	20,936,730			21,256,730		9.10%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	20,936,730	20,936,730		21,256,730		9.10%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date	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)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
21,256,730	21,256,730	9.10%

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

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at Fort Lauderdale, USA on 17 August 2015

 

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