Company Announcement Office
The London Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1JP
22 May 2013
ISIN Number: GB00B04V1276
RNS Number: 014511
Dear Sirs
Grainger plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan the award, which is in the form of nil cost share options, over 90,615 shares, granted to Peter Couch in February 2010 vested in February 2013. Peter Couch exercised his options over 90,615 shares on 16 May 2013 and subsequently sold 42,589 shares on 21 May 2013 at 155.5p per share.
Following the above transactions Peter Couch now holds 245,945 shares in the company which represents a holding of 0.06%
Yours faithfully,
For and on behalf of
Grainger plc
M P Windle
Group Company Secretary