Transaction in own shares

Grafton Group PLC
18 December 2007

Grafton Group plc



Grafton Group plc ('the Company') announces that the Company purchased for
cancellation 500,000 Grafton Units on 18 December 2007 at an average price of
€5.50 per Unit.



Following the above purchase, the Company holds 500,000 Units in treasury and
has 231,954,517 Units in issue (excluding treasury Units).



Susan Carroll

Assistant Company Secretary

Grafton Group plc

Ph: [phone]







This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of



The Irish Stock Exchange


















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