Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5833H

Grafton Group PLC

12 July 2012

 



Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging

 Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated

with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

 This form is intended for use by an issuer making a notification required by Rules 7.2 and 7.3 of the Central Bank of Ireland's Market Abuse Rules in relation to a person falling within either of the above categories of individual. These categories are defined in Regulation 12 (8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 and are detailed as part of this form.

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1	Name of the Issuer GRAFTON GROUP PLC	2	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities ANNETTE FLYNN
3	State whether notification relates to a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities named in 2 and identify the connected person NOT APPLICABLE	4	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 2 or 3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest HOLDING OF NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REFERRED TO IN 2 ABOVE
5	Description of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them GRAFTON UNITS	6	Name of registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one, number of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them, held by each shareholder ANNETTE FLYNN - 700 UNITS GOODBODY STOCKBROKERS NOMINEES LTD - 1,000 UNITS
7	State the nature of the transaction SHARES HELD AT DATE OF APPOINTMENT	8	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them acquired 1,700 GRAFTON UNITS
9	Number of shares, derivatives  or other financial instruments linked to them  disposed of NOT APPLICABLE	10	Price per share or derivative or other financial instrument linked to them or value of transaction NOT APPLICABLE
11	Date and place of transaction NOT APPLICABLE	12	Date issuer informed of transaction 11 JULY 2012
13	Any additional information NOT APPLICABLE	14	Name of contact and telephone number for queries SUSAN O'CONNOR PH: 01 216 06 00
	Person authorised on behalf of the issuer responsible for making the notification___________SUSAN O'CONNOR___________________________________ Date of notification _______12 JULY 2012______________________

Information required under Irish Stock Exchange Listing Rule 6.10

The following additional information is required to be disclosed under ISE Listing Rule 6.10 in respect of interests in securities of a director or secretary or their connected persons.  An issuer is not being required to submit the information below to the Central Bank in respect of any PDMR who is also a director/secretary/connected persons.

15	Name of director or secretary (if not required to be stated in box 2) ANNETTE FLYNN - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	16	State whether the notification relates to a single transaction being notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Rules and ISE LR 6.10 YES
17	Description of class of share GRAFTON UNITS	18	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage) 0.0007%
19	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage) NOT APPLICABLE	20	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 11,700 GRAFTON UNITS - 0.005%

If a person whose interests are required to be disclosed under ISE Listing Rule 6.10 has been granted options by the issuer, please complete the following boxes:

21	Date of grant NOT APPLICABLE	22	Period during which or date on which it can be exercised NOT APPLICABLE
23	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option NOT APPLICABLE	24	Description of shares involved (class and number) NOT APPLICABLE
25	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that the price is to be fixed at the time of exercise NOT APPLICABLE	26	Total number of shares over which options are held following notification NOT APPLICABLE
Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making notification ______SUSAN O'CONNOR________________________________________ Date of notification ______12 JULY 2012_______________________

The duly designated officer of the issuer responsible for making this notification acknowledges and confirms that he/she is aware that the information as has been provided in response to the questions 15 to 26 above is not information which has been required by or which has been requested by the Central Bank, and is information which is required to be provided to the Irish Stock Exchange only.

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

The Irish Stock Exchange

 

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