Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1122G

Grainger PLC

24 May 2017

Grainger plc (the "Company")

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

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			YES
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			NO
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			NO
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			NO
Other (please specify):			NO
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Crystal Amber Fund Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	19/05/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23/05/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3%

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

Ord 5p

GB00B04V1276

12,549,618

3.01%

Below 3%

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

Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi


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:	Calculation based on Total Voting Rights figure of 416,994,132
14. Contact name:	Kevin Smith
15. Contact telephone number:	01481 737495