Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2040U

Grainger PLC

05 April 2016

Grainger plc (the "Company")

TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN SHARES

Grainger plc has received notification of interest in the ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company as shown below:

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ			Grainger plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Type 3 disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation			ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		Schroder Investment Management Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		01.04.16
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04.04.16
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		From 15% - 14%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

70,910,202

63,610,202

69,512,054

N/A

62,262,054

N/A

14.939%

Ordinary

GB00B04V1276

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

62,262,054

14.939%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Schroder Investment Management Limited 62,262,054 14.939%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	This notification is being made based on the legal entity position falling below 18%. Schroders Plc's position remains within disclosure thresholds, as per previous disclosure. The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 416,785,304.
14. Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 658 6000