Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8656J

Grainger PLC

14 September 2016

 

Grainger plc (the "Company")

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

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				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 1 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
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		12.09.16
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13.09.16
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		From 14% - 13%

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

73,923,765

62,108,360

70,624,422

N/A

58,264,422

N/A

13.979%

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

58,264,422

13.979%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder & Co. Limited                                                                  58,675                 0.014% Schroder Investment Management Limited                                  56,060,583       13.450% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited        2,145,164           0.515%
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:	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 416,810,311.
14. Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Adam McGhin

Group Counsel and Company Secretary

 

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