29 April 2011
Grafton Group plc (the 'Company') Voting Rights and Capital
In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, the Company announces that:
The total number of Ordinary Shares of €0.05 each in issue as at the date of this notice is 232,326,477. Each Ordinary Share carries one vote. The Company holds 500,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 231,826,477.
The above figure of 231,826,477 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 and the Transparency Rules.
Susan Carroll
Deputy 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.