Director/PDMR Shareholding

Grainger PLC
10 January 2008



ISIN Number:  GB00B04V1276



Director Shareholdings
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Under the terms of the Grainger plc 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan, the following
directors of Grainger plc ("the Company") were, on 9 January 2008, awarded the
following conditional share interests in the ordinary share capital of the
Company.

                                   Performance interests     Matching Interests

Rupert Dickinson                         217,294                43,458
Andrew Cunningham                        164,079                32,815


They were also granted conditional nil cost options in conjunction with the
grant of the share interests over such number of shares which at vesting have a
market value equal to the initial value of the shares comprised in the share
interests.

In addition, the company announces that The Grainger Employee Benefit Trust has
acquired 497,088 treasury shares from the Company at an average of £3.3825 per
share. These shares will be used to satisfy share interests and options granted
in the Grainger plc 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan.



For and on behalf of 
Grainger plc



M P Windle
Assistant Company Secretary


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