Holding(s) in Company

Grafton Group PLC

26 June 2023

 

Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC[i]

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached [ii]:

GRAFTON GROUP PLC

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[ X ] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:

BlackRock, Inc.

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

See Section 9

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]: 22/06/2023

6.         Date on which issuer notified: 23/06/2023

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Holdings for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited have gone below 4%.

8.         Notified details:

1.    

1.     1.    1.    

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii][viii]
	Number of Shares[ix]	Number of Voting rights[x]	Number of shares[xi]	Number of voting rights[xii]		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct[xiii]	Indirect[xiv]	Direct	Indirect
IE00B00MZ448	N/A	14,983,042	N/A	N/A	14,732,921	N/A	6.81%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				14,732,921		6.81%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xvi]	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvii]	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
14,732,921	14,732,921	6.81%

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

Each of the following entities, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc., hold the following interests in voting rights in their capacity as Investment Manager on behalf of clients:

Investment Manager	Voting Rights	%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	8,574,571	3.96%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	3,131,073	1.44%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	1,489,584	0.68%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1,157,888	0.53%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	311,030	0.14%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	67,914	0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	790	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	72	0.00%

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 23 June 2023

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