BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
To: The FSA
Date: 5 January 2009
Name of applicant:
Grainger plc
Name of scheme
Executive Share Option Scheme
Period of return:
From To
01/07/2008 31/12/2008
Balance under scheme from previous return:
55,841
The amount by which the block scheme has been increased, if the scheme has
been increased since the date of the last return:
NIL
Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme during period:
NIL
Balance under scheme not yet issued / allotted at end of period
55,841
Number and class of securities originally listed and the date of admission
150,000 Ordinary Shares 5p - 15 January 2007
Total number of securities in issue at the end of the period
138,344,195 (excluding 452,912 shares held in Treasury)
Name of contact
Michael Windle
Address of contact
Citygate, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JE
Telephone number of contact
(0191) 269 5959