THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES
6 November 2009
Grainger plc (the "Company")
Publication of Annual Report and Accounts
The Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2009 will be available for inspection by the public during normal London business hours at the UKLA's Documents Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
Contacts
For further information, please contact:
Grainger plc +44 (0) 20 7795 4700/+44 (0) 191 261 1819
Andrew Cunningham, Chief Executive
Dave Butler, Director of Corporate Affairs
This Announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. This Announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States or elsewhere. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters if and when issued in connection with the Rights Issue recently announced by the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under the securities legislation of any state or territory or jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States absent registration under, or an exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any relevant state securities laws. There will be no public offer of the securities mentioned herein in the United States.